Little House on the Prairie

If you're a woman, I'm sure you've read the books, at least once in your life time. Lately, I've been longing for the pioneer days. I always used to think I would have been better suited to grow up in the 60's or 70's due to my attachment parenting, breastfeeding, baby wearing, non-vaxing, parenting style, but the deeper I go with my research into using traditional whole foods to heal my son and my family, the more I feel I should have been born long before the 60's. I've become so enthralled with the traditional way of doing things, that I have actually searched our area for real estate on the prairie so I can live on a farm and raise chickens and goats and pigs, and have a root cellar and a dairy cow, and a cute little farm house for Daniel and our future children to grow up in. I've researched canning, preserving, fermenting, kefiring, soaking/sprouting of grains, stocks/broths for healing, becoming a homeopath or herbalist, homeschooling, etc. You name it, I want to learn more about it! When I think about it even more, I feel that God put me in the perfect era. I am different and unique. I am a pioneer of my own, banning together with and learning from others, trying to bring back these most basic of skills and ideals. By allowing this challenging FPIES diagnosis for Daniel, God has ignited a passion in my heart to learn more about how to use the gifts He's given us in a way to improve Daniel's health, my health, and my husband's health. He has given me the ability to share information with members of my family, and has increased my confidence when dealing with resistance. So many wonderful blessings have come from something I once thought to be a doom filled diagnosis! I'm blessed with the fact that I am learning about using these whole foods to heal through the GAPS diet as early in our journey with FPIES as I am. Once you get into the mind set of an FPIES momma, it can be hard to break into thinking like a GAPS momma. I'll be writing more on that in a later post, so now back to my regularly scheduled thoughts...Little House on the Prairie, yes, now where was I? Sleep deprivation anybody? I have recently looked into taking some classes in nutrition based on the traditional whole foods movement, sponsored by the Weston A. Price Foundation via Hawthorn University. As of right now, I don't have the time or money to pursue these classes, but as Jason climbs the corporate ladder and Daniel becomes more able to entertain himself for longer periods of time, I plan to make this dream a reality. In the mean time, I have discovered an amazing website and blog called GNOWFGLINS, Enjoying "God's Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season". On this site, there is a wealth of information pertaining to GAPS, Whole Foods, and Homesteading, and she offers a membership option where you can take online classes. I have found many other blogs devoted to these subjects also, and plan to compile a list for the sidebar here. I feel like a sponge right now, just soaking up every last drop of information set before me.

Jason and I have had many discussions concerning these subjects over the past few weeks and have decided that we have a goal! We eventually want to live out on the plains, east of our city, but close enough to "come into town" for activities and family events, on a small farm with chickens, dairy goats, possibly pigs, a dairy cow, a rather large organic garden, a greenhouse, and of course Jason had to add he'll need a big truck, lol. This is our ULTIMATE goal, and we know it will take time and a lot of work to get there, but we have also set some short term goals and are working on our plan to make this happen! Who knows, maybe in a few years you all will start calling me "Laura."