Evening sisters I hope you’re all well. I hope you don’t mind but since announcing Malachi’s birth and including his name its felt weird calling my daughter just ‘DD’, so for future reference if I refer to Sylvia that’s my daughter😂. I know it’s not the done thing on mumsnet to be so outing but it’s easier for me!.
@speakout I also feel that my spirituality and feminism are intwined. Especially as I’ve learned more about the burning times, I feel like there’s so much healing that women as a whole need to come to terms with what we have been through. I’m glad you enjoyed the picture, it is my favourite thing about boat life, having a constantly changing view. Your day out sounds so wonderful.
@MarieIVanArkleStinks thank you for the link, I will have a read through tonight whilst I’m nursing. I will give the book you recommend a read. I might put it on my Christmas list.
@WiccanWonderer welcome! Love the name
@VioletCharlotte thank you for your kind words about the boat. Don’t worry about the questions! I’m happy to answer any that people may have. I didn’t grow up on a boat but I lived in a caravan for the first 10 years of my life and when we moved to a house I always yearned to be back to living alternatively. We got into boating by accident really, I was walking down the canal with DH (then boyfriend) and we just loved how cosy it looked. We didn’t think anything more until we got engaged and decided we wanted to move out of uni accommodation and the only thing we could really afford was a flat in a bad area, or a boat. So we got our boat and have been with her ever since. Before buying her we got talking to other boaters and realised what a nice community it is so that definitely gave us the encouragement to move. We also have a Campervan that we spend a lot of the summer in going to festivals. I think we’ll live on the boat for a long time, the only reason I’d move is if we got land somewhere, but even then it would have to be somewhere really special and ideally still by water. But I don’t think that will be until we’re at retirement age, and even then I can’t ever imagine leaving this community or the canals. It’s such a beautiful way of life. Another big reason we went for it is my grandad, he’s always been a bit of a hippie but ditched that to settle down and have kids and has always had a bit of regret, and he really encouraged us to go for it, he loves visiting us bless him.
We’re planning Malachi’s naming ceremony, where we will bury his placenta and place it back with the Earth. I’m really excited as it feels like we will be truly welcoming him into our family and this world. I’m hoping to do it some point before Christmas when the ice thaws.