It's Not Your Husband’s Survival Manual



We all know that women and men are different. And to be honest, I like that. I celebrate our differences. I'm happy to give men the room they need to be masculine, engage in guy things, and be the protectors and providers of their families. That's their job.

As a woman, my job is more of a nurturing one. I make the nest and I provide the atmosphere that makes home a welcoming place to be. However, I'm in charge of making sure that my home runs efficiently, so I am as much a provider (though in a different sense) than my husband is.

And it's that "different sense" which makes it difficult for me to find resource material that answers the questions I'm asking.

Let me give you an example. Anyone can go to a grocery store and buy food. You can buy case upon case of anything and everything available out there, bring it home, and put it in a pantry. My husband makes sure that the necessary preparations are made so that 1) I have a place to store all this stuff and 2) he has provided the income where purchasing this stuff is possible. However, you can have 10 million cans of 50 varieties of beans and still not have the components of a meal. That's where I come in. I take the overall stockpile and disseminate it into working, practical, day-to-day meal plans.

And I guess that's the difference between my husband and me. He acts and provides with the big picture in mind. I act and prepare for the minutiae of daily life. I'm down in the trenches... he's out there on the battlefield. He's the bomber pilot annihilating the enemy en masse.

I'm the sniper with the rifle taking the enemy down one by one.

Neither one of us can win the battle alone. We are each gifted with our own talents and abilities, and by combining these two distinct halves, we make a whole, unified, single-purpose entity. And it's great... I love it! Except for that one thing...

When he comes home with these books on survival that are written by men who are out there eating bugs and living on pine cones and sticks, I really don't know what to do with that. I'm not planning on making a meal out of lizards when I have a million cases of beans in the pantry.

I want a rudimentary knowledge of how to address hardships if we're suddenly transported back to 18th century America through one EMP attack, but that is not the focus of my preparation needs. My thoughts are, Chris has asthma... what natural remedies will help with that in a SHTF situation, and can I grow it? We can survive on lizards and pine cones... I want to live with biscuits and gravy. How do I make that happen? What skills can I learn that will help keep my family clothed? Do I know how to sew or knit? Am I clueless about quilting? If my husband comes home with a 200 pound deer and I have no refrigerator, how will I preserve the meat? What basic medical skills do I need to learn to keep minor problems from turning into potentially fatal ones? We have three girls - what about female needs? Sanitation needs?

These are the minutiae that I'm talking about. And let's face it... that survivalist "how-to" guide with a picture of the gun-toting camouflaged guy on security detail at his "compound" splayed across the front isn't talking about these items for me. He may tell me how to take sinew from a deer and fashion a suturing material from that, but that author isn't telling me what I can do now to avoid having to suture with deer sinew at all.

I want an author that thinks like me... in organized lists and customizable forms. I want to know where every document I will ever need is located at, and how quickly I can put my hands on it. It's those differences again...

My husband is busy building the safe room--I'm the one gathering what goes in there.

That's why I was absolutely ecstatic to get my copy of Survival Mom. Finally, a book written by a mom for a mom! This book takes you through everything you need to know to prepare your family for everyday disasters and those worst-case SHTF scenarios. From the very first page, she is encouraging her reader to stop, sit down, and think. Map out a strategy, make a list, think about every possible "what-if" scenario and then plan and prepare for it, is the motto of this book.

But, that sounds like your husband's survival manual, doesn't it? Seriously ladies, what manual written by a man has this sage advice:

  • Establish laundry routines so that clean clothes are always available
  • Keep the gas tank at least half full
  • Why you should or shouldn't carry your gun in your purse
  • Planning for hard times, financial loss, and limited budgets
  • A laundry line and clothes pins - one item a man wouldn't think to include in his bug-out bag

These are just a few of the examples of the things that women are thinking about that are included in this book. But there's other stuff too...

  • How to make tomato powder that takes the place of tomato sauce or paste
  • How to can chocolate chips, coffee beans, M&M's, or any other treat that you'd like to have around
  • Pantry staples that are necessary to nutritious meals
  • What if you have to evacuate? What do you take? What do you leave behind?

I love having my copy of Survival Mom, and if you're a woman, you will too. Even if you're a guy, it's the perfect preparedness manual to buy for your wife, your girlfriend, your mother, or any other woman who is a significant part of your life.

Remember... women plan and prepare in ways the men in our lives just don't think about. We aren't strange or weird--we're just wired differently. It's nice to have a survival manual written by a woman that takes into account these differences in our natures. Click here to order your copy of Survival Mom, one of the newest offerings in the Solutions From Science bookstore.



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