About Esther

I'm a SAHM of one three and a half year old, rough and tumble, energetic boy. Growing up, I never really wanted to be a mom, and was married for 5 years before I consented to try for a little one. I have a pituitary adenoma which makes pregnancy very hard to achieve...so Mr. M didn't join our family until DH and I had been married for 7 years. Now, I can't imagine my life with out being a mother. He stole my heart the moment I saw him. And we are hoping to add more little hooligans very soon. In the meantime, I manage my DH's business and in my free time teach natural childbirth classes and take on an occassional doula client.

I joined the AP ranks within a few weeks of bringing Mr M home, and slowly grew to understand Grace based and non-punitive parenting. We co-sleep, not because it's part of the package but because it works so very well for us. We eat organic, drink raw milk, cloth diaper, baby wear, don't vaccinate, use alternative medicine and natural remedies, and practice extended breastfeeding. I never intended to be "crunchy", and most of our family views us as "weird"...but I'm ok with it. We also fully intend to unschool rather than follow the traditional school models. I garden and put up jars of canned food. I also love to read and am so very thankful for the library's interlibrary loan program...they now know me on a first name basis.

I'm looking forward to blogging here!