A big THANK YOU....

I wanted to take a moment and thank the women that run Sage Mommy Says and Down to Earth for all the information they share on their blogs. The information I have found at these two blogs has been priceless. Thank you for supplying me with the information I need to return to the "simple life"!

I grew up in Southern Arizona and was taught to “walk in beauty” by the Navajo people. I always started the day because the sun was up and started dinner when the sun started to set. Other things in life were based on nature instead of man made things. Growing up in a small town and only ever seeing from the outside what a big city was like, I longed to live in a big city where there was “culture”.

I ended up in the Seattle Metro area of Washington and thought it was huge. After a year of living at the base of the mountains I decided I wanted more city life. This spurned a move into Seattle where I found my head spinning the whole time I was there. I thought the feeling would go away after I got use to all the hustle and bustle of city life but instead I couldn’t take it and moved to the north end of the city were it was a bit slower.

As the years pasted the spinning didn’t stop and then I started to have issues with the people I was meeting. They would complain or ask for help and when given said help would make excuses to not take the advice. I also noticed that they all are always busy doing nothing. I don’t mean nothing as in relaxing but they move around shuffling things as if they are afraid if they stay still everything will disappear.

I now live between Seattle and Tacoma and have decided the city is no place for me. I want the “finer” (simpler…by most peoples thoughts) things in life that the busy city can’t offer me. I want to hear my children laugh and enjoy life instead of always running from one place to another never really being or enjoying anything.

When I finally decided I had to go back to “walking in beauty” I had no clue how to start in a city environment. I grew up where you could go walk in nature easy but now I live where you have to drive for about an hour to get to that type of nature.

Thanks to both blogs above, I’m learning to embrace the place I live and how to “walk in beauty” even while surrounded by all the concrete, noise and hustle and bustle. Every time I start thinking it is just too hard to go against the grain of society one of these wonderful ladies post something that reminds my why I started this journey back to myself and family.

So, this post is to say THANK YOU; you have truly help save me.

Take care and look forward to reading more.
-A