My Green Family. ramblings of one family's journey to green living

Over the past couple days I’ve been brainstorming with a few ideas of what I should write for my first post. I’ve been going back and forth between wanting to write about my stance on the environment or about our first big green family adventure. But when it came right down to it, I just knew I had to talk about my family and what they mean to me. I must apologize in advance as this post is personal in nature, but without my family this blog would not be possible and it wouldn’t be fitting to start off this blog without acknowledging them first.

Andrea and I have been together for almost 10 years, and for the last 3 of those years we’ve shared our time with our two wonderful children, Tristan and Maya. We’ve been through many obstacles, and more often than not they led to some pretty hard times. But despite our hurdles we’ve always managed to support and love each other and we pulled through, together.

And together we now face our greatest challenge of all. Tristan, a few months removed from his third birthday, has recently been diagnosed with autism. Our once clear and defined path has been transformed into a clouded maze filled with uncertainty, fear and anger.

I know that our journey will not be easy. I know there will be difficult times ahead. But I also know that all of us together can look down our path and turn our uncertainties, fears and anger into determination, confidence and strength. I also know that there is no one else I would rather travel down this road than with those closest to me now.

I love my family more than anything, Maya for the smile that never leaves her face, Tristan for the incredible bravery he displays each and every day and Andrea for her unconditional support through everything we face together.