 
Who is the author of Eve Out of the Garden?
red and pink hearts,
cupids,
silly, cheap valentines that come in boxes,
making valentines with ribbons and lace,
flowers,
and of course–
expensive chocolates.
In 1976 I received a box of Sees candy (hand-picked, all my fav dark choc – but actually re-gifted) and two yellow tulips left at my doorstep, with a little hand-scribbled note, “Happy Valentine’s Day.” I ended up marrying that guy.
I loved school, and I still love to learn.
I wish I could study several different fields. However, in college, I chose biochemistry, and in graduate school, I studied pharmacology and nutrition. I got my master’s degree while in my 50’s.
I grew up in an era when society told women they needed and could do more than be mothers.
That was a strong drive for me. And I wanted to be a doctor. I had planned on leaving my kids with babysitters and had even asked my sister if she would be interested in watching my kids. (She wasn’t game to that idea.)
After interviewing a female doctor and talking with her own daughter about how several nannies raised her, I chose not to pursue a medical career.
I desperately started searching for a career that would allow me to be a mom and more than a mom.
I never found that career, but I found that being a mom was more.
At the time I was following the strict requirements of a good Mormon.
The presidents of the church looked down on women having careers outside of the home.
I swallowed hook line and sinker.
I have five kids.
I have many grandkids.
After sending two kids through the public school system, I jumped into the water with homeschooling. I began with my third child at the age of seventh grade and then quickly added my fourth child in fifth grade.
All have moved on to college successfully.
I loved homeschooling. I continued learning. It was a job. I got paid, but not in monetary ways.
I love to write.
I love to read but feel a bit guilty reading fiction or books with no value. (humor is a value)
I love studying ancient texts. All that has depth and breadth that gives me a reason to search for greater light and knowledge.
I am a blonde in so many ways.
I am a native Californian, second generation.
I love to walk and hike among the oaks with my husband and german shepherds — and collect everything in nature — rocks, seashells, acorns…
I don’t want to get old, but I want to keep pace with technology.
I love scientific research and continue to work with my husband where I get to work with interesting people.
I retired from the LDS church (as they call it now.)
I can finally draw outside the lines. I believe in many truths found everywhere. No one has an exclusive on it.
My overall goal is to become a better person and help others.
Listen.
See things from the other person’s perspective.
Everything I thought I knew is now up for grabs.
I don’t know anything for sure.
I’m doing a deep dive into quantum physics.
Which blows my mind (as we used to say.)
Contact:
info@eveoutofthegarden.com
Disclaimer
This site is not affiliated with or owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, and I do not seek to influence or gather members of the Church. I am also not affiliated with various groups that have splintered off from the Church. I started Eve Out of the Garden to record my thoughts as I search for greater truth and light and acknowledge that my thinking can change during this process. The content covers many areas of my life — homeschooling, homesteading, health, faith, family history, marriage, raising kids, online learning, nature, science, nutrition, education, and just about anything you might find as a mortal on earth. And as Hugh Nibley said, don’t hold me to my ideas or opinions that are three years old — maybe even sooner for me, because my thoughts and conclusions are always changing or enlarging if that sounds better. I reference all my writings, if I have read something somewhere, I reference that. Otherwise, the thoughts expressed here are mine at the time I wrote them.
