One of Our Founders

Throughout her life, Becky expended energy in her various communities at rates that made many people tire just watching or trying to keep up. However she seldom tried to "go it alone" and always tried to find family or friends whom she would repeatedly invite (until they finally agreed) to join her in the work — and many did just that!

 

Like well cultivated plants, her family and friendships grew profusely out of her diligent and tirelessly happy work; plowing, seeding, nurturing, watering, pruning and harvesting alongside others. She never seemed to care who got the credit, as long as the work was done. As it is written:

One sows and another reaps. I sent you to reap what you have not worked for. Others have done the hard work, and you have reaped the benefits of their labor, so that the sower and the reaper may be glad together. — John 4

In addition to country-life responsibilities: home-birthing, home-schooling and home-gardening for her family; she helped start, then oversaw Northfield School of the Liberal Arts in 1993, which was early to recognize the pedagogical power of the Trivium and the curricular advantages of close personal relationships between willing students and teachers in smaller settings. 

This is an excerpt from a blog created by Becky's family. You can learn about her life and share your memories at on their website here.