Farewell

I love to write. I love to preserve memories, big and small. I love capturing and savoring and looking back on all the little moments of this lightening fast life. This little space is so special to me and such a treasured little diary of so many incredible, hard, fulfilling, ordinary moments of growth, discovery, life and love over the last 7 years. But, after much thought and delayed action, I'm finally coming to terms with the fact that as the children have gotten older and busier and our time is spent outdoors, adventuring, discovering, schooling and living...I just don't feel like I'm doing a great job at recording it all in this space,  so I'm saying farewell.

I will continue to journal and share and capture our little life journey on my Instagram (ali_powell05 ). Instagram has been my social media of choice for the last few years because I learned the hard way, I can't do ALL social media...it's one and done for me, for now! ;) It is such a quick and easy way to save these memories and it's so important to me. I do not take a single day for granted, and if this were my last, I hope my children and husband have a place to look back and see and know, that I was living my best life with them and loving every minute (yes EVERY minute...even the hardest ones!) An unnecessary disclaimer: I'm a positive poster...not because our life is perfect, not because nothing is ever wrong, just because I don't document a lot of the hard moments publicly because, well, it's private matters and that is not what I focus on, and I don't want my children to either. As a family, we acknowledge the hard stuff, feel the hard stuff, and then look for the good. Look for the lesson. Look for the growth. We don't get stuck there. I'm raising them to live in this mindset, because I know what beautiful little humans they are and what wild amazing spirits they have and negativity will not break them. We focus on gratitude because it has changed our life in such amazing ways and by living in that space, we choose to focus on the good stuff. It's just what we have chosen. That is how we do it in our little tribe!

We are so content in our simple, big family chaos, minimal life, full of homeschooling, healthy living, outdoors and adventure, that we have chosen. And it is so important to have this childhood to share with our wild things one day, so I will shamelessly and guilt free accept my oversharing tendencies and continue to share! ;) But! I have decided to say farewell to this space and minimize the capacity in which I share. 

I can not leave this space without a thank you to those who have followed along, encouraged, celebrated, prayed and loved us through alll the life that was lived over the last 7 years. We are constantly amazed by this life, by this love,  and by the people who live it with us. Thank you <3