First steps...

It's time to just start typing...

You aren’t a writer if you’re not writing.

So here I am. Writing. I have thrown up so many roadblocks in my own way, but today I decided to just start writing. For a while this space will probably be pretty chaotic as I try to hone in on what it is that I’m trying to say.

So, who am I? I’m, Em. I’m 45 years old, married, two kids who are homeschooled. SAHM / WFHM. Our life looks pretty mainstream on the outside, but more and more I feel like we’re living a very different lifestyle. I’m trying to find new meanings and new communities with people who share these values.

So, what do these new meanings and new communities look like?

• Nature connection - the “more than human world” is all around us but we’ve forgotten how to communicate with these others. I’m trying to relearn how to speak and to listen.
  

• Community - we are meant to experience this life in deep community. I’m learning to find people who share this feeling and are willing to do the work to grow community.

• Ritual - life is a circle and as the wheel of the year goes round, ritual helps us to connect to our place in time and space.

What I’m trying to figure out through my writing is how to get back to a life that feels connected (to nature, to others, to something greater). I’m doing this while raising kids in a world that feel more than a little off-kilter. There’ll probably be thoughts on parenting, homeschooling, nature reconnection programs, how to create new rituals to replace outgrown ones.

I hope you’ll come along for the ride.

Fair warning that you’re joining at the messiest point in the process! I don’t know what I’m doing here, but I’m going to find out. Join me?

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