La Luna mama

Hello there folks. Here is a brief description of me, my family and our new direction in life.

I have been married to my high school sweetheart for 18 years. That’s over half of my life…wow! We have five super cool kids. Our eldest, Aiyannah just turned 13. Our second child Noah, and our only son, is almost 10. The middle child, Ayvah is 6. Lydiah is 4 and the baby Luna is 1 1/2.

Our children are home schooled. We have home schooled from the beginning for several reasons. Mainly, we like hanging out with our kids. It’s great to be present for those teachable moments all throughout the day! We also hope to encourage a strong sense of spirituality and moral justice in them.  My husband and I put considerable value on free thinking. We want our kids to have the freedom to explore different viewpoints, think critically about those ideas, and make their own decisions. We are not convinced they would receive this kind of learning experience at any school.

We ascribe to many different education philosophies…a little unschooling, charlotte mason, traditional, some of this and some of that. We read A LOT!!! The library is a favorite spot of ours. I  let the children direct some of their learning. I really want to inspire a  a love of learning in them… lifetime learners who will make the world a better place!

Another thing my husband and I have been passionate about since we were teenagers is to find that special piece of earth and to live as simply as possible with it. We have always been drawn to a life that involves growing and making your own things, then sharing those skills and knowledge with others. The creator and it’s creation are sacred. In my case, the closer I am to Her/His creation the more clearly I can identify Her/His character. Learning to live in balance and respect with nature is very important to us.

Over the years we have lived in several types of intentional communities. We have lived in familial, spiritual, and social justice communities.  There have been both positive and negative aspects in each of those experiments. Some greatly rewarding and others deeply painful. We have learned a lot. Most recently we have been given an opportunity to combine all those aforementioned forms of community.  We are in the very beginning planning stages and excited to see how that will all unfold.

For the moment, we are renting a house just four doors down from David’s sister which has been quite lovely! Some evenings are spent together making bread, kimche, yogurt or music, bottling kombucha, pickling peppers and making delicious meals from whatever comes out of Liz’s garden (David’s sister). A worm farm David began a few months ago, rests on a table in our living room. We have also started an indoor windowsill garden consisting of ginger, lettuce, and green onion. Oh and Liz is giving two of the kids piano lessons!

So there is a brief glimpse into our life…It’s just the beginning. I hope to chronicle the next chapters of our story soon. Love and light!