Yes, I am going to blog.

So, I have decided to start a blog. The only direction I can say it is going is forward. The last year has been trying to say the least. I feel like I have learned more about what and who I am in the last two years than in my whole life. I learned that nothing will ever come ahead of my family. I learned that I don't want anyone else raising my children. I learned that losing the identity you spent ten years building can cause you to reevaluate everything. I have learned that I still believe in education, and am not sure how much I believe in school. I have come to understand more and more what I want for my family and children. I learned that if you make your home and family your priority, your children will feel the importance of where they come from. I want my children to be selfassured, fearless, educated, free, unbiased, loving, kind, giving, brave, and happy. I want them to learn how to follow and break the rules. I want them to know that there are no wasted days if you live your life. I don't want them to ever be owned by any person or job. I want them to be so fiercly grounded in who they are and where they came from that the world looks like the deep end of a swimming pool. A big, deep, dangerous pool with a windy slide at the end. I believe in community and real life. I believe children learn more in the garden in their back yard than they do in a classroom hearing about how things grow. I believe failure is a matter of opinion and perspective.

It is my hope that my children and the people around Jason and I see our beliefs through our actions. You are what you do. So, I better get to doin. Happy New Year and happy living.