Natural Parenting

Me:

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I am a woman, if you hadn’t gathered that already, and my name is Sarah Lee.  (Coincidentally, I do not like or eat any Sarah Lee product.)  I am in my early 20s, and I’ve been married to a wonderful guy, Patrick, since I was 18.  Yes, we got married very young, but that hasn’t stopped us from having a great relationship, insane, but great.  We fight pretty frequently, but it’s usually over silly things that I don’t want to be “wrong” about.  I truly feel that being with him makes me a better woman, and I know for a fact that me being with him makes him a better man.

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I am very stubborn, which gets me in trouble a lot.  I haven’t quite learned how to keep my mouth shut.  I think that’s probably one of the main reasons I started this blog.  I get to type out everything I think, without getting in trouble for it!  (I guess I could get in trouble with my readers, but you know what I’m saying.)  I love expressing my opinions about things, as you’ll discover if you read a few of my posts.  I want people to know that there are others out there in the same boat as them.  I hope that sharing some of my life with you can help you realize that.

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The greatest happiness in my life is my son.  He was born in May of 2009, and he has been such a blessing to me.  He is slowly teaching me how to be a good mother, but I know it’s going to take some work.  I’m just like all the other first moms out there, and I definitely feel lost a lot of the time.  But, my son’s smile always brings me back.

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This Site:

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You’re probably wondering why this site is called “Consider Eden”.  (Or, maybe you’re not, but I’ll explain anyway.    My husband and I went through a period of time in the early stages of our relationship that was full of…well, let’s just say we were not very kind to our bodies, our spiritual lives, or our finances.  A combination of junk food, marijuana, and stress sent me to the hospital with a stomach ulcer, and poor financial decisions left us at the mercy of good friends. Our youthful health was trashed, our money was non-existent, and, in short, we came to a point in our lives where we had to make a change if we wanted our relationship with each other to endure, and our lives to be enjoyable again. Before this we never gave a second thought about what we ate.  We just put in our stomach what our taste buds wanted, and it was all good.   But, as I began researching ways to help my acid reflux and heal my ulcers, evidence seemed to keep pointing more and more towards one place….Eden.  God wasn’t just messing around when he created our bodies, and the planet they depend upon.  He did not just throw it out there, and let it decide how it wanted to work.  He created our bodies to work a certain way, with a certain type of fuel. (It was not simply that the facts were pointing to this, but what we began to do worked, and when we would occasionally eat what we used to we would feel the consequences.  I understand that things like the climate, plants, and our bodies are not the same as they used to be, but “different” can in no way change the principles that God spoke into existence, spiritual or physical.)

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Anyway, the name came to me one night while I was thinking about Adam and Eve.  I was imagining how I could be more like they probably were.  You know, happy, healthy, energetic, etc… I know that the root of all their happiness was a close relationship with God, (and believe me, the first step we took in fixing our health and our relationship with each other was beginning to trust God with our lives again) but if our bodies have the same blueprint as theirs did, then it only makes sense that thinking about how they may have done things (aside from disobeying God) would give us a better idea of how God intended for things to work.  So, for the past few years, before doing things (most of the time), Patrick and I… Consider Eden.

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Am I a believer in God?  Yes, as you have probably already concluded, I am.  I believe that there is one true God, and that He created the universe, and all who live in it.  He sent his Son, Jesus, to die on a cross and pay the penalty for our sins, so that we might live with him in eternity, if we so choose.  God is my only source of strength, and I love Him with all my heart, as my Father.

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Now, does that mean that a non-christian cannot benefit from this site?  Most certainly not.  People of all backgrounds and beliefs can profit from returning to our roots.  Regardless of how you think the human race came to reside on this planet, you still know that some of the first humans must have lived better than most of us live today.  Our society is plagued with cancer, heart problems, and an innumerable amount of other dis-eases.  This is surely not the way things used to be.

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Moving on…

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Here are some subjects that you are bound to find me writing about at some point or another on this site:

• Breastfeeding
• Formula
• Cloth Diapers
• Disposable Diapers
• Elimination Communication
• God
• Spirituality
• Parenting
• Marriage
• Veganism
• Raw Food
• Recipes
• Health
• Exercise
• Budgeting
• Meal Plans
• Allergies
• My life
• Organic Food
• Saving Money
• Co-Sleeping
• Adam and Eve
• The Garden of Eden
• Farming
• Hiking
• Midwifery
• Nature
• Products
• Books
• Unschooling
• Patrick
• Axel

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I am very opinionated, and sometimes I can let my tongue, or in this case, my fingers, get away from me.  If anything I say offends you, PLEASE let me know.  That is not my intention.  My intention is to find better better ways to do things, ways that make sense. If any of these ways do not make sense to you PLEASE argue your point in the form of a comment.  Also, if you do not believe in God, or you simply do not believe in the God that I believe in, you must not let this keep you from commenting.  I can’t tell you how much I would appreciate healthy discussions on this site.

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