Is Prepper a Bad Word?

     Sometimes I ask myself how self sufficient am I?  It's the middle of winter here in lower Michigan.  Its been a mild winter but, its cold enough.  I like it to at least be cold enough so its not muddy outside, to me that perfect!  But, I reflect if  "it" hit the fan tomorrow, and we lost our electricity, our grocery stores, our vehicles, and gas.  How would I do?  Could I make it to growing season?  More important, could I make it to harvest season?  Am I Prepared?

 

     Am I prepared... wait am I a prepper? I don't think I am!  I don't like the term prepper because I think the media has made preppers look borderline crazy!   Since watching some of these shows, I imagine preppers digging a hole with 30,000 rounds of ammo and 800 gallons of water and just waiting for someone to try and attack.  Or going through drills with there 5 year old's on what to do if The Isis attacks.  It just seems like that word has been dirtied.. I do like the term homesteader, or self sufficient, or off grid, because it sounds more appealing to me and less militant and paranoid.  

    I've grown gardens and raised animals since I was a young kid.  I love the satisfaction of growing fresh food for people to enjoy.  I love tapping maple trees and the sap immediately dripping out of the tree, and filling up buckets of sap.  I love watching our meat chickens grow quickly to size and having a butcher day with my family and friends. 

    I'm sure some people that are preppers enjoy the same things but, I think that word has been dirtied by television shows and really shined a bad light on some like minded people.  So, if you love being self sufficient or homesteady or prepared you may want to change your title?  I can't be the only one who thinks this way? Jump on my Facebook or send me and email let me know what you think!