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.
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