This is the first post in my new blog. I hope to chronicle our attempts to life a simple life in suburbia. As much as we want a better life for ourselves outside of the city limits, we're also a bit leary about moving to the suburbs.
Since 2006 I've blogged under Celebrating All Families and wrote about the many adventures of being a foster parent, a transracial family and a mom to special needs kiddos. Now that our family is complete our focus has shifted to creating a peaceful life for our children and ourselves. A big part of our lives is being an advocate for our children with special needs. This lead us to make the move outside of the city public school system to a suburb of St. Louis Missouri where we have more support options for our children.
This move also allows me more space to dabble in some of my many passions. Lasagna gardening, Square Foot beds, backyard chickens, small scale permaculture, food not lawns, winemaking, cheesemaking, canning, and attempts at self-sufficiency.
30 days from today the sale of our city Loft condo will close. Now we just have to find a new house in the suburbs.
