Good morning from Uphill Farm! Well it's not  too early actually. Our entire household got "THE BUG" all last week, and we are in various stages of recovery! As I am just beginning (again!) to blog about our adventure with this life, please do not expect polished expertise! HA!, quite the opposite---I will be painfully honest about our dreams, visions, and how we are or aren't achieving them " )
     I suppose a little history is in order:  I married my college sweetheart, Don. We were both in a small school up near Chicago majoring in the sciences. He was going to be a marine biologist, I a medical doctor. When I met him, I was in complete denial mode about what my heart really wanted---You see, my parents' generation was convinced that the key to "success" for me was a college degree leading to a well-paying career. I was flatly challenged to be prepared to support myself and our 3 children after my husband suddenly keeled over with a heart attack while in his mid thirties! : 0  I figured since I had always had an interest in living things and a compassion for the suffering, the medical sciences would be a good fit.(I know now that being an equine vet would have been even more specifically "up my alley").
     Fast-forward 30ish years. I ended up graduating with a B.S. in Pre-medical Biology, getting married 6 weeks from graduation, working in medical research for a few years, then moving south where it was more affordable to live. My heart took over, encouraging my husband to take the lead career-wise so that we could start a family. With LOTS of help from friends and family, we ended up basically "flipping" properties over the years, increasing our value all the while. This allowed us to always purchase "up". Starting with our first home, a small, brick ranch fixer-upper, we finallly ended up here---Uphill Farm! " ) We've gone from a little house in town to a nearly 12ac property out in the country.
     There are so many aspects to our lives and the story up until this place and point. Sometimes I feel like we've gone so far......sometimes I feel like we are standing right where we've always been. And it's not just us, not just me. ALL of our lives are complex. WE are complex. I prefer to use the term, "rich".
     Come. Join me in looking back....looking forward.....looking around....and up   " )  I would love to hear your comments/reactions/reflections. In the meantime, I will share some of the daily life here down to the grime and grape juice, the animal hair and slobbers, the ripe tomatoes and rotten eggs---come on along!
     Until next time...I really must get dressed, tend to the animal chores, and check my daughter's school lessons!