Mother was the sea
Father the far shining stars
Girl was the sailor
—rawjeev
We are the sea, the stars, the sailor - our family. Often people have asked me about our radical decisions of quitting our mainstream jobs, experimenting a lifestyle of farming, gardening, making and also unschooling our only daughter, trying to integrate different aspects of our life. People have asked me and I have struggled to explain whether our family especially my wife and I were on the same page with our choices. I realize that we both think differently and there is a tension that we negotiate and reason. We don’t necessarily share the same views on everything. Yet we are complimentary in a sense and this haiku captures the essence of our journey that continues.