Our Family Manifesto

We promise to work together to accomplish the following:

• to live peacefully with each-other, enjoying our day to day life together without judgment or criticism.

• to feed our family with a variety of tasty and nutritious foods, also working toward eventually growing much of that food ourselves.

• to take responsibility for our impact on the environment and to reduce that impact whenever possible.

• to appreciate the life we are lucky enough to have. When we want to whine and complain about small things, we lose sight of the big picture and need to remember that many go without and are not afforded the opportunities we are.

• to accept Silas for who he is and to relinquish control in trying to form him into someone he's not. To meet him on his own terms, as an equal, and love him just as he is, every moment of every day.

• to spend time alone and time together following our individual and group interests and hobbies and to respect each-other's space.

• to treat our individual wants and needs with equal priority regardless of family "title", age, income earned, or household tasks shouldered. We're in this together as a team.

• to keep our home neat & clean, but not sterile, creating an environment full of warmth and charm.
  

• to spend, save, and budget our money responsibly so that we can be free to enjoy life's surprises without stress or worry that our financial resources will run dry.