A celebration of life is in order for John’s second birthday. We are examples of the benefits of true nourishment both physically and spiritually. Not perfect (realise this is impossible) but friends who came to celebrate with us comment on the visible differences in us; and I was able to share about the other benefits we experience as well as the reasons why. There is great rejoicing.
I often get comments from people which show that what I share is a challenge (or even a threat) to their way of thinking. For example I mentioned to a friend of mine that I was hoping to have a natural birth with my next child and she couldn’t believe I would risk it, let alone that there were any benefits; another friend felt I was saying she had ‘failed’ having c-sections (until I pointed out John was also c-section). And when discussing breast-feeding I often hear all the time-honoured wives tales and urban myths being bandied about and I realise why so many women can’t or don’t breastfeed… with breast-feeding in particular I am puzzled as to why all the current teaching about its benefits and even the nuts-and-bolts of lactation and milk storage, which often echoes the raw milk movement, is not completely thought out and followed, for example there is very little mention of diet for the lactating mother yet we know that it is of prime importance in the production of milk from other mammals such as cows; babies are having raw breast milk but we consider only pasteurized milk products safe thereafter; they say don’t microwave breastmilk but apparently it’s ok to microwave everything else we consume. The one that really horrifies me is the move to have human milk banks and pasteurize the milk!
I absolutely love teaching others about what we have learned. I had a friend over recently who has struggles with weight and health. Being in my kitchen was an interesting experience for her, she noticed immediately the things I don’t have that she does (for example microwave on the bench, packet foods in the pantry, plastics in cupboards) as well as the thing I have that she doesn’t (full cream milk, butter and lard, silver cutlery, water purifier) and she had a million questions to ask. Friends from interstate stayed with us for 4 days, after a year of trying to start a family and 4 days of eating our food, they rang to announce she had fallen pregnant the following month and joked it was ‘all that good cooking’ to which I responded that it may well have been a factor and would they like to know more?!
There is more and more in the media vindicating my choices to follow this way of life… melamine, soy, toxins… I hear more people saying that the way forward for us must be natural, must be careful, must be this or that. I would love to do so much more to spread the word and convince others. But my biggest word of success and gratefulness this month is that Ian has agreed to follow some of the more ‘difficult’ aspects of this way for a short period of time before trying to conceive; this must be my focus for now. John is so interested in babies and his development physically, emotionally and socially could not be better, I feel the difficult choices and commitments I have made are so vindicated by my son that we are ready for round two in this creative endeavour. I approach it prayerfully and carefully… with great anticipation!
I probably won’t write regular blog entries like I have up til now on a monthly basis. So I will write more of our journey when we reach that next ‘milestone’, hopefully in February.
Thank you to all who have posted comments and provided me with helpful info and encouragement!
Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year!
About the Author...
I am a princess. I am a daughter and sister and wife and mother and friend. I am very creative and have always wanted to be a nourisher but only recently discovered what that truly means, especially following my most important creative endeavour - my son. I continue to learn more about it and in relationship with my Creator I am confident I will become the nourisher and nurturer that I was made and meant to be.
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