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Once upon a time my dad was trying to convince me it was possible for me to achieve math greatness (as in, pass the class). Step one was to do my homework. It was a great lecture, hammering home the point “YAGOTTAWANNA and THEN SOME”.

I barely passed math. Problem was, I never bought in that I needed high school algebra to get through life. Neither did I believe I needed to do homework in the Real World. What did stick though were two of his mantras: “Do Your Homework” and “YAGOTTAWANNA and THEN SOME”.

I get a real power trip off of knowing I CAN do something. My earliest memory of having an idea and acting it out involved me grabbing my wooden music box full of change and walking down the sidewalk barefoot, my baby sister trailing behind me, to the corner convenience store for a candy bar. I wanted candy, I’d figured an idea of how to get it, and I attempted it. The sales lady wouldn’t sell me the bar. My idea didn’t work. My hysterical mother met us on the way back with wide open arms.

I was three.

My mom will probably tell you that the incident above was not the first time I had an idea and figured out a way to try it, just because I could. It’s just the first memory I have of that being the motivation. I like to know that I CAN. I like to know that if I set my mind to something, with enough “IGOTTAWANNA” and old “Heave-ho’s” I can pull it off.

I come by it honestly. I”m sure it’s in the blood everytime my parents rig something up to accomplish a task or make from the ground up something others can’t.

So through the years, I’ve learned I can:

• live without paper products (yes, this includes TP)
• have babies at home, naturally
• stay home with my kids
• keep city chickens (check out www.thecitychicken.com Misty, I’m hooked with chicken keeping for life!)
• make everything we eat from scratch
• bake bread
• make my own detergents and soaps
• live in FL without AC
• live on a budget
• move out of state without seeing where I’m going
• trust my husband implicity without loosing any of my identity
• garden and grow food
• stay flexible when things change radically, and fast!

The list is no doubt a lot longer than that. And life is in the midst of changing radically and fast! It is possible we are about to step into a major part of our greater dream at large. No doubt with a great deal of naivite…but we are willing to learn and try and get up when we fall. We “WANNA AND THEN SOME”.

There are numerous prayer needs, most of them for physical, tangible items that will be necessary through a transition like this. Any of you who would pray, please do. God gets every shred of glory and we are oozing with gratitude for the great things He has done.

So I still can’t do high school algebra. I’m fine with it.

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