May 16, 2008

Listen to Licia Berry (AKA the Goofy Goddess) interview....teen Jess Berry about his Aquarian Family

Join me as I introduce my very thoughtful and articulate son, Jess, in his media debut (you heard him here, first, folks!) Jess will share his thoughts on our 2 year family odyssey...what was it like being a child and experiencing 2 years on the road in an RV, being homeschooled, doing inner work and spiritual training while his parents worked to save their marriage? We made some drastic decisions because we identified that our family was more important than anything else. Tune in to find out!

 

February 2008, Del Norte CO

Looking back, five years older than I was when we started our trip, I first of all commend my parents on their extreme bravery to complete the inner work that they needed to do to release attachment to our old house, possessions, social status in Asheville and all of our old life there.  At first when my parents gave me the news, I was devastated because I could not even think of leaving behind all of our old stuff (I was still very much attached to everything), but most of all, I didn’t want to leave behind the few friends I had.  Between then and the first year on the road, however, I began to realize what an immense blessing and what a needed retreat into our family it was. 

I remember at Cape San Blas, Florida I told my Mom that I was ready to settle again (later I really started realizing how wrong I was and how much of a well-needed blessing this trip really was and I really began to enjoy myself).  I now realize that at that point I still had an absolute TON of inner work to do in myself.  As we progressed through the south my love of traveling with my family like this and having our house on wheels grew tenfold.  All through Texas (specifically at Padre Island) Aidan and I got to meet some new kids and that kept us sane in the 95 degree heat and 100% humidity.  As we moved up into New Mexico we started looking a bit more to the settling side of things-therefore starting to look at real estate and other such homestead-related activities.  Eventually, after renting a house in Albuquerque, NM for six months or so and staying in various New Mexican campgrounds for a while, we got the guidance to check out the San Luis valley-where we are now. 

I think the Trip was the greatest possible thing we could have done for our then-disintegrating family.  I know I have reaped boundless benefits from us being on the road for so long (my Mom and Dad are excellent teachers) and I can thank my parents for persuading me into going with the Plan- the divine guidance leading us through our daily lives, telling us where to go next and helping us realize what was really important.  I still love road trips to this day!  The trip was a beautiful blessing that has brought our family to a new way of living that (in my opinion) is the way to go through life; unconditional love to all and staying happy!