Raw Family : A True Story of Awakening by Victoria Boutenko; Igor Boutenko; Sergei Boutenko; Valya Boutenko

Author:Victoria Boutenko; Igor Boutenko; Sergei Boutenko; Valya Boutenko [Boutenko, Victoria Boutenko; Igor Boutenko; Sergei Boutenko; Valya]
Language: eng
Format: epub

Economic Crisis

ictoria: While our family was experiencing positive changes on the plain of physical health, our financial side had a crack. Our local county found a zoning violation in our business operation, and after several hearings our business was shut down. We were quickly losing the ground under our feet. Our debts were growing. We were unable to sell our house due to zoning complications. Finally we were in foreclosure. We rented a storage unit and began to pack our books, kitchen appliances and other things.

Suddenly my brother called from Russia and told us that my mother was dying from cancer and she had maybe a couple of weeks left to live. I hadn't seen my mother for six years. I had to go, but I was afraid to travel to Russia alone. Igor and I flew to see my mother one last time, and our children stayed with our friends in the United States.

When we returned from Russia, we came just in time to watch the bulldozer smoothing out our oak furniture and other "treasures" in our former yard. While standing there and watching, I felt that my past life was also bulldozed over, pressed with all that wreck, and buried forever by the powerful machine.

We were homeless and unemployed now. That could be enough reason for someone to have a heart attack. But I was actually feeling relieved. Staying on a raw food had transformed us. So we got our children and our dog into our Astrovan and hit the road. We did not have any other choice.