Sometime last year, we shared that we aren’t planning on having kids. People have told us that they were super surprised to learn this and we totally get it. It just isn’t what two happily married, crazy in love, 33-year-olds usually say.
But between you and me, this decision has been one of the most important decisions Greg and I have ever made. And in the spirit of sharing from the heart and really being honest with ourselves and our community, we felt like we wanted to step up and share a little more here.
So here is our truth. We were at one time super embarrassed to admit that we don’t want to have kids. So embarrassed in fact, that after we sent this newsletter, we needed to hibernate without electronic devices for 24 hrs straight.
One of the main reasons why I think we were embarrassed was because we thought people would assume that us not wanting to have kids meant that we don’t value parenting and/or that we don’t like kids.
But here’s the thing, NOTHING could be further from the truth. Kids are absolutely amazing (duh) and parenting? Parenting is the single most important job on the planet! You are literally raising the next generation of human beings and that is incredible. YOU are freaking incredible!
But we’ve spent a lot of time looking at this from a lot of different angles and somehow, we always come back to the same conclusion. Having children is so right for so many families out there AND it just doesn’t seem right for us.
Luckily, we aren’t free floating out in the universe feeling lost and confused about any of this. In fact, I don’t think we’ve ever felt more grounded or more confident that we’re on the right path for our lives, and that’s because we have this fire in our hearts to build and grow something else.
That “something else” is being organic livestock farmers who don’t just farm sustainability and ethically, but who produce truly exceptional food and help families eat well. This last part feels huge, daunting, scary, exciting, hopeful, and empowering and that’s how we know we’re right where we should be. This is our way of contributing to our community and to the world and it feels freaking awesome right now.
Your Farmers,
Jenney and Greg