Preparedness From a “Young Gun”

am the perfect example of “Generation X”. (We were the original generation…before Y & Z followed us).
I grew up in suburbia. We spent more money than we had made in the day, ate microwaved food, watched too much tv and talked on the phone for too long.  Hard work was what our grandparents did while walking to school uphill both ways, in the snow. Our reality was a media & consumer fueled world.

Then we grew up…we are the late 20’s early 30’s somethings staring families, trying to stay above water on our mortgages and realizing that the world that was created for us is nothing like the real world! Thankfully there is a blooming desire for many of Generation X to return to the roots of our grandparents. We cook from scratch, grow our own food, store it, buy locally and thrive in the way they did a 100 years ago. We still love our iPhones, since they tell us when to plant our seeds, but we’re learning valuable skills by returning to our roots. Skills that will sustain us when the worse-case scenario hits.

We watched that show “Doomsday Preppers” when it came out. We watched in fascination at these self-labeled “preppers” prepared for the worse-case scenarios in our country. We started paying more attention to the evening news, read more articles and realized, these preppers were not so far off their rockers as we initially thought. They might be right – and if they are – we better jump on that bandwagon. At 28 years of age with three children, my family cannot afford to be caught in the flow of people who panic at the grocery store when the bad goes to worse. I want better for my children and as any momma knows – you will do everything in your power to provide for your little ones and family.

It was with that mentality that lead me to have a serious discussion with my husband (he’s in local law enforcement), and he absolutely agreed that we needed to start preparing for the worse to happen. The good news – my mother has done this ever since Y2K (and back then I thought she was nuts for doing it). I know many of my friends won’t be prepared and it breaks my heart. They are a generation who trusts their government to provide every thing they need – it’s a sad thing.

So now, we are a early 30s something, young family, who is preparing for the hard times ahead. We’re just starting out – working on our 3 day supply, then will expand from there. It’s slow going and takes a lot of research, but I have the confidence that my family will be provided for when the inevitable does happen. I’m thankful for those preppers who have gone before us and are showing us the way, sharing their valuable knowledge with those who will pay attention. I only wish that more folks would take things seriously and be responsible for their own well being. Continue the good fight – you will be well fed and cared for from your own two hands in the end.

K.S. CO

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