Well, we are just over a week into our Indiegogo campaign and we’ve already raised $815! A big thank you to everyone who has contributed so far!
Karen Kasel, Jennifer Rogers, Samantha Cass, Jean Wennerlyn Johnson, Barbara Morgan, Kristina Darnell, Jody Slocum, Heidi Metro, Mindy Ranney, and all you anonymous folks! You rock!
We’ve still got 3 weeks and a long way to go to reach our goal, so here is the direct link to the campaign, in case you haven’t seen it yet:
http://www.indiegogo.com/bluebirdhillhomestead?a=957358
And another huge thank you to Allison Kuznia for putting together the beautiful Bluebird Hill Homestead video. You can find more of her amazing photography here:
www.allisonkuzniaphotography.com
So, I am writing this from the couch today, as I am healing from a small surgery I had earlier this week to remove a cyst. Yes, scheduling a surgery a few days after starting a fundraising campaign, not the greatest idea. I naively thought it would be a piece of cake, and I’d be back to myself after a day or two of rest, back to my emails and getting our project up and running.
Well, yeah, it didn’t quite work out like that. The anesthetic alone took a couple days to fully wear off, and man those narcotic pain meds, wow! they are intense. I can see how people get addicted to those…”pain, what pain? I don’t feel anything.” Today is day 4 and I am still laid out on the couch. Thankfully, I am feeling much more in my body now that I’ve stopped taking those meds. Some comfrey (thank you, Lisa) and an ice pack, that’s all I need now.
Through the initial frustration and impatience with myself, and eventual acceptance of the much needed rest, I have been reminded of a few things about myself and my family. First of all, we are all a little insane. I’ve been still long enough now to witness from the couch several dance party/dress up/play dough/screaming fit/art class progressions. The girls move from one activity to another like a herd of mosquitoes. One moment I’ll be overcome with pride to watch them working together creating a play dough masterpiece, the next moment they are screaming bloody murder about who took the dealy-bob. Before I can muster up the energy to roll over and say, “Hey, can you do a trade? Find a way to work it out,” they already have. They’ve moved on to figuring out who is going to be the dance class teacher for their next show. What a bunch of nut jobs!
And I love them. Maybe the narcotics haven’t fully worn off, but they are so amazing! This is the meat of our inspiration. This is why we are working so hard to create Bluebird Hill Homestead. We are all amazing, including you. We all deserve the space to play and be ourselves, and follow our passions.
We have had a few people ask us what we mean by nature connection and why it is important. We’ll answer this more fully in another post, but for now let me just start with this: When you look around the world today and you see all that is happening, does it feel good to you? Our perspective is that there isn’t actually anything wrong with the world, there are just some things missing that would make the difference in having life work for everyone. One of those things is connection. Connection to each other and the natural world. We don’t have any answers. Just questions, like any mentor. And the passion to provide an authentic space for people to explore their own connections. That’s where the answers will come.
I hope you all are well.
Blessings, Heidi
