by Hope
Life has really slowed down for us. I am spending 4-6 hours a day working on work or finding work or thinking about work, and then the rest is spent on schooling or sports with the kids. Everyone is really happy with this move. But we’ve also had some excitement…
Yes, we’ve got chickens! 24 pullets and 1 rooster. Our hosts ordered 450 new chicks for the farm and after filling their garage offered to let us care for some. We are all thrilled! We are learning a lot, enjoying playing with them and look forward to the day we can move them outside…three more weeks or so.
The hosts are covering all costs, we are just putting in the time. So it’s a win-win. The kids are literally spending hours playing with them, digging worms for their dessert and reading up on caring for them and their predators we have to be careful of.
And our hosts say that once they start laying eggs in the fall, we can help sell them at our local farmer’s market where they will take them. Fun times all around!
Hope is a resourceful, solutions-driven online business manager with over two decades of experience helping clients streamline operations, manage projects, and grow their businesses through digital marketing and technology.
But life has a way of rewriting your plans.
A year ago, Hope made the decision to move in with her aging parents full time – a season she wouldn’t trade, even as it came with its own financial and emotional weight. Earlier this year, she lost her mother, and is now walking the tender, disorienting path of grief while learning what “forward” looks like from here.
Hope came to the Blogging Away Debt community in 2015 as a single mom raising five foster and adoptive children. She’s written through job changes, financial setbacks, and the bittersweet transition to an empty nest. Her kids are finding their footing in the world now – and so is she.
Rooted in faith and fueled by the same perseverance she’s brought to every hard season, Hope is ready to face her finances with fresh eyes and an honest pen. She believes that clarity, courage, and community can change the trajectory of anyone’s story including her own.
She lives in Austin, TX with her dad, loves adventures with her dog Addie, and is figuring out, one step at a time, what this next chapter is meant to be.
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Love baby chicks. What a great learning opportunity!