I approach my life with clear cut philosophies of living. I believe in Jesus, and the sovereignty of our of God, and the manifest presence of His Spirit. I believe it permeates my whole life. I believe marriage is for a lifetime, and I can choose to uplift my husband and our marriage in a world that belittles them. I believe children are a gift, and I have a responsibility to raise them in the admonition of the Lord. I believe that for me schooling my children in a classical way is essential to this training.
But one area of life I am currently developing my philosophy is FOOD. Yes, food. I have been on a "natural foods" phase for about two months now. It has turned into a local, homegrown, natural, organic food hodge podge. It's hard to go from feeding your family the normal way, to feeding your family the local, homegrown, natural, organic way. Mainly because I don't know what I'm doing. So I have been trying to figure out my philosophy of food. I don't always buy organic (organic, free range eggs are EXPENSIVE, free range without the organic are within reason), I try not to buy fruits and vegetables if it is not locally grown (haven't had a banana in two months, I love bananas), and I still drink coffee (not locally grown) and Diet Coke (not remotely fitting into this philosophy at all).
I will be developing this philosophy as I learn more about foods, try new recipes, and assess how it affects the food budget. As of now the philosophy goes something like this: I will eat and feed my family naturally and with local foods, as much as possible, because the more we do this the better it is for us and the world around us.
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