I've ALWAYS known I wanted to return to a farm - country living. For
most of my adult life, my picture has been returning to the country
RICH. Ha! You know, like Southfork in Dallas -- the big country house, and the white washed
fences, and the groomed pasture, and the big beautiful barn that looks
like it belongs in some Southern Farm & Gardens magazine.
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| Dream House |
HA! Well, I am realizing
that is not going to happen, and I am also realizing that the country
life I led as a child was pretty dang privileged. Not that we SHOULD
have been living that way -- we couldn't afford it, and of course my dad lost it all. More than HIS
all, he lost my grandparents all, too.
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| Realistic House |
So, the picture is changing. It is becoming more realistic. And I am okay with it.
I've realized that going back to the "country" is
probably going to take some sacrifices. Except that I the harder I look at it, the
less it looks like sacrifice, and the more it looks like freedom.
Of course, there are MANY questions to be answered, hurdles to be leapt, and prayers to pray. But each day, the picture gets a little clearer.
Since I am one that lives in a house like the second picture, I can say that giving up all the fancy was worth it to me. I drive a junker and I try not to use the heater in the house, but by golly I've got my own beef, pork, chicken, eggs, all the dairy I can eat, and I sleep well at night. For me, it's priceless.
ReplyDeleteWe don't go out and eat, go spend money on "fun" stuff, and people think we are backwards. We kind of like it that way! :)