Life Stories | PREFACE | Episode 00

Grab a cuppa and follow along as I read aloud the pages of my lifebook and reminisce through my journey, sharing snippets of our lives and the generations that came before, along with ideas and stories of how we have built, gardened, hunted, baked, and stitched our way through life--hoping to inspire you to follow your dreams and make them happen....even if you have to start from scratch!

I'll start at "once upon a time", but our story isn't fairytale It really happened!
So, I'll start at the beginning.

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PREFACE || Episode 00 (with so many more episodes to come)!

Once upon a time, we were worlds apart. I never could have imagined how my journey from the other side of the globe would bring me to live on 200 wild and wooly acres in South Carolina! But here we are, building a life we love from scratch.
I had traveled around the globe three times by the age of 13, as my parents were pioneer missionaries to East Pakistan. My journey of 1000 miles, began with a single step and soon found me at Greene Gate Farm in North Carolina, where I found my man.
My man, Roger, single-handedly built our first home on 7 acres on that lane called Leopard, while he waited for me to become his MRS.
Together, over the years, we've been blessed with an ever-growing family and another built-from-scratch home on hundreds of acres of land that is beyond our dreams.
After 6 decades of living, I'm in the winter of my life season and humbled of all the blessings that have been heaped upon me.
I peer down through the years past and when I see my life, all the bits and pieces, finally all fitting together with its sweet synchronicities, it fills me with amazement and thanksgiving. 

The episodes to come are all stories taken from my lifebook
"Built from Scratch : a love story" by Martha Gurganus Greene c. 2020
Published by Greene Acres Publications ISBN:978-0-578-53060-4 

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