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| a pretty pic of some beautiful apple blossoms for my friend! |
some background on her - she has been living a self-sustained life since 1995. she grows her own freakin tobacco!!! she loves her goats and although i have never eaten her cheese - i have it on fine authority that her cheese is to die for!
she and i were involved in the early days of the American Preppers Network and the Canadian Preppers Network. she put in many hours helping the networks out as well as providing all of her experience and knowledge, for free, for any person in the world to learn from! she has been blogging at her blog since 2008 and she is one of the people who always encouraged us when we first started taking prepping and self-sufficiency seriously. we had never grown our own food before and were idiot newbies. she was one of the ones who not only talked the talk and walked the walk - but she never made us feel silly or new. she encouraged people from all over the world to get out there and try - to make mistakes, but not feel bad about your mistakes, and then keep going. she is like a prepping cheerleader. curses like a sailor, has a few strong opinions, but a cheerleader none the less.
she is tough as nails, and in all honesty there is nothing that she can't do! she has managed to survive through a whole ugly pile of life....kind of like this little chive growing in our driveway. jambaloney must have driven over this little chive a million times. we only noticed it the other day. thriving and surviving, without much notice or attention. kind of like my friend.
i appreciated all of her help and advice. and now i want to return the favour to her. she is in a bad situation. a domestic violence situation. you can read more from her about the situation here. it is bad. and she may lose her farm. we can not let that happen!
even after all she has been through in the past few days, she has come up with a business plan on how, with some serious hard work on her part, she can save the farm and continue babying her goats and other animals. you can read more about her plan here. and donate.
she needs help. she needs support. she needs to know that all of her hard work has not been for not. she needs people to appreciate her willingness to share her knowledge. she needs people to corral around her and show her it has not all been in vain.
yes - she needs money. even if you can only donate a dollar - that would help. but if you can not afford to donate, but can share her situation with your friends on your blog, twitter or facebook accounts - you will be doing a wonderful thing for her. in my mind, if you share her situation with other people who can afford to donate - well, that is worth a million bucks!
if nothing else, i ask our friends here to just go and check out her blog if you don't already have her on your "must read" list. there is a ton of valuable information there. you can learn more about her situation there. you can leave her a comment of support - she will appreciate that.
we saved the little "driveway" chive, and potted him up. he lives here now. he is so tough, he has already gone to flower and will be providing next year's seeds soon. he is like my friend. tough, and keeps on giving!
can you help my friend? can you visit her blog and leave her a comment of support? please do. just tell her kymber and jambaloney sent you.
thank you.
We do indeed need to stick together. And you are right, she is like your chives.
ReplyDeletePhelan - you are a woman who is smart as a whip, who has also lived a whole lifetime of ugly...and yet you are still a rose and a woman who has promoted community and been willing to help all, at any cost. my hat is off to you, dear friend.
Deletethank you so much for stopping by. sooooo many good wishes being sent your way in all of your future endeavors. oh and gurl - they be many. but they are going to be sooooo much fun!
I read often, just haven't been commenting on much of anything lately, sorry about that.
DeleteThank you for the good wishes.
no worries hon - i know where you are if i have to hunt you down - bahahahahah! oh i love your new land and i can not wait to hear all of what you all will get up to with it. you are in an exciting phase of your life! and i wish you all the best!
DeleteSo with all that work and tough survival instinct you imprisoned mr. chive in the bathroom?
ReplyDeleteNice :)
oh PP, my dear, dear beekeeping friend, Mrs. Chive is living on the shelves in the kitchen. only until she goes to seed, where all of her seeds will be saved except for one flower head, and then she will be re-planted. she has been thriving in such horrible conditions (like being driven over for weeks), that i want to give a mother a bit of a break before re-transplanting her into her own little tire. comprend-ez-vous? (french for understand)
Deletebahahahahahah! ya nutter! i wouldn't put a chive in the bathroom!
Wait. You called me a nutter?
DeleteOMG the collapse is here.
dude...buddy...we are AT level 5!!!!!
DeleteKymber and Jam, A dear friend of mine who runs Women Survivalists was in a similar position some years ago. She did lose her farm simply because the man had it is his name, and it was purchased before their marriage. My friend made a good start elsewhere. Still, I would be happy to donate some to help. I save errant chives too ! LOL
ReplyDeleteFondly,
Jane - sweet Jane of sweet, sweet Virginia (oh heck! have i not told you yet about my sweet memories of Virginia? no i am sure that i have bored you with those old stories in many emails ago!) - i knew that even with all of the flooding troubles that you have been having, and still dealing with dear son's medical problems due to the thunder and lightning - i knew that you would recognize a woman as fierce as you. i am not being feminist. i am saying that some women do actually face physical violence and when they do, they need help. i knew that i could count on you.
DeleteJane - thank you so much. and in typing this, all i can hear in my head is my favourite Bare Naked Ladies song - Jane. look up the lyrics. you might find them very fitting. i love you. thank you so much Jane!
your friend, always sending you and yours warm thoughts and prayers,
kymber
kymber,
ReplyDeleteI am going to put a link to your post on my blog. I was going to blog about her position, but you said it too well. This is all I can do right now. I stupidly am overdrawn at the bank and struggling. There is nothing wrong with being a feminist.
You with your accomplishments must have a touch of feminist in you. You did not accept the path most women do, not that there is anything wrong with one path or the other. Not all feminists are the harsh ones people do not like. As a feminist, I went to court to testify for a GUY whose wife said he battered her. She was a crazy bitch and I was witness to her antics. She was the batterer and emotional terrorist. I am not for women in all cases of controversy. Right is right.
MM certainly has a scary path ahead of her but not as scary as the path she has been walking. I know it will work out for her.
oh Linda - all i can say is that every time i have needed you- you have been there! in spades! you are a proper true-blue internet friend and that has never gone unnoticed!
Deletei have actually gone out of my way to NOT be recognized as a feminist - bahahahahah! you and me need a few more personal emails eh. you can reach me at kymberzmail@gmail.com. but i am pretty sure that you have my personal email.
no worries. i love communications with you always. and wish you would send more.
thanks for this comment eh. and thanks for posting on your blog. it means the world. you are a truly good friend. xox
O Kymber , I paid your help to me forward-- hope it's enough.
ReplyDeletekristine - you totally understand the concept of paying it forward! any donation will help and i sincerely thank you for your support. your friendship means the world to me and i hope that you know that. you are just like my friend mmpaints - you are out there, with your neck out, but always trying to help people and sharing your skills and knowledge. i respect that so much! thank you very, very much!
DeleteKymber and Jam, thank you for the support and the love! I am a survivor and a fighter, I WILL make it thru this and grow, just like those chives! LOL Thank you to all your readers for their love and support as well.
ReplyDeletemmpaints - we believe in you and all that you do! heck, we might not have made the jump to moving here if you had not have encouraged us the way that you did. you will get through all of this and come out grinning. you go gurl - you go! and i will always refer to you as our little driveway chive - bahahahhaahahah!
DeleteI have joined her site (can't believe I haven't found it before, it's great) and made a donation and will have a post linking back here to you and your most excellent post about her. We're all that little chive on occasion and all we need is someone to pot us up and help us through the tough time.
ReplyDeleteYou're very sweet to put this out there and I'll see what I can do as well.
1st Man - you know how much we love you and 2nd Man. we were in your exact situation a few years ago - learning more about prepping, getting ourselves a country place while still living in the city, etc. i know that you and 2nd Man will thrive when you make the move. you will find much interesting information at my friends blog - she is super smart. thank you sooo much for understanding the little chive reference - yes, we all need a little pot, or help to get us through the tough times in life. and i knew that i could count on you and 2nd Man...i just knew it.
Deleteif there is anything that i can ever do for you both - you just holler. thank you so much.
kymbre - Do so wish I could donate, but our government has recently put the lid on sending money out of the country. So much so, that to donate even $20 would involve so much paperwork and telephonic enquiries from the Receiver - a complete headache.
ReplyDeleteThe best I can do is offer her my verbal (written support).
My heart goes out to her.
Hehe - have figured out a way. Am gonna send her a donation via snail mail... ;)
DeleteDani - your written support is more than enough. but thank you for finding a way - teehee! you are a very kind, very feeling person and i am glad to call you my friend! thank you soooo much!
DeleteOh Kymber...my first thought is this~thank God for friends online! My second thought is how amazing that she has been training for this moment for a long while. Heavens to betsy no did she ever anticipate this horrible event that has changed her financial stability~BUT she has learned how to make it with hands on roll up your sleeves fortitude. I am a prayer first and foremost and will pray for her. In addition I will speak with my Bill and let him know about the situation. Just for a bit of comfort in dire times~even when one loses all...one can recover~Bill and I are living proof of that.
ReplyDeleteHuggles to you and your cutie pie,
Jen
oh Jennifer - you really get it. and your beautiful prayers are much needed! you and Bill know exactly how it feels to lose everything - and come out a winner in the end. i know that she will appreciate your prayers and thoughts. thank you for being such a good friend! hugs back to you and that big giant hunk that you call your husband!
DeleteOkay I'm on my way over to her blog now...
ReplyDeleteJoey, buddy - thank you so much! i really appreciate it!
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