Well, the about me info has been blank for so long, I though perhaps I should put something here...decided to copy and paste the intro from my first post since it covers all the basics. It's probably not really complete though, so I will add more later. Thanks for your interest and taking the time to read....

Now to introduce myself - My name is not Hana Akemi (and I'm not of Japanese heritage), but to maintain my anonymity that is the name I have chosen for myself as it has very close to the same meaning as my real name. I am (at this point) the only wife of my wonderful husband of over 7yrs and we have two beautiful daughters, 5 and 3yrs. We live in Australia and DH and I have basically grown up in Christian churches from quite young. As a result(of the church background plus our culture in general I guess),we grew up "just knowing" that polygamy was wrong and bad and of course 'sinful' LOL. Maybe about 2yrs ago now(can't remember exactly) the subject of polygamy was suddenly presented to me in the most unusual way - within the space of maybe 2wks, 2 completely different television programs that I watched (and neither of them was Big Love lol) had storylines dealing with poly. Viewing those (probably esp in such quick succession) started me thinking about poly in a "well what if" kind of light and I began to ask (myself mostly) "well what does God actually think about poly?" in a casual thinking kind of way (as in, no in depth Bible studying on the subject or anything at that point). I thought about all I knew of the Bible, Abraham, Issac etc. but I esp thought about David, the one called 'A Man after God's Own Heart' and I thought about his polygynous family structure and then I thought about the fact that the only thing he actually got into trouble (and in a HUGE way) for from God was stealing another man's wife!! I also thought casually (vaguely almost) about the general benefits of poly like women needing so much more in the way of companionship than men, women complaining of their husbands wanting sex all the time - lol, the serious lack (it seems) of really amazing wonderful men and how many gilfriends I've had say to me over the years, 'where can I find another(my DH)?' and all those times that I've felt like it was selfish to have such an amazing man all to myself and wished that somehow I could share him (who knew huh? ), and other things like one woman trying to do all the things that it takes to live a slow and more simplified lifestyle (another journey which I've been on for a few years), how very much I would've loved to have another 'very best friend in the world' like what my husband is to me, but in a woman - but then at the same time, how developing a relationship that close with a woman outside your marriage could be dangerous or even put stress on your existing relationship (not necessarily I know, but it could - I tend to be a very intimate person, but there are very few ppl who are truly close to me). Anyway, all these and probably more things were swirling (very casually though you understand, they were in no hurry to find a real answer) around my head and then suddenly one day DH and girls and I were out going for a leisurely drive to nowhere in particular and somehow (I couldn't even begin to tell you how it came up) DH and I were having a conversation about poly living - and we found that we had each been thinking about so many of the same things and we wondered if there could possibly be such a thing as 'Christian Polygamy' so the moment we got back home, we typed that exact phrase into our trusty google search and were absolutely stunned to find dozens, maybe hundreds of links pop up and among them, Truthbearer.org! From there on, it was a matter of researching and researching and more researching hehe. Within maybe a couple of weeks from that day, we saw a TV advertisement for the first season of Big Love which was to begin airing on a particularly obscure channel (one we don't normally watch) that very night - unfortunately the reception was so bad we couldn't watch, but got the basic idea and when it became avail, bought the season on DVD. (We really love BL, but learn so many ways we wouldn't want our poly family to run)
We have come to the point (probably sometime ago now) where we most definitely believe poly to be a Biblically valid form of marriage and not only that, but that it is one we may dearly love to live ourselves if it's what God plans for us. We have discussed the idea with a very few of our friends and even fewer know how serious we are about it. At this point I have discussed the topic very shallowly with my Mum whom I must admit was FAR more receptive and understanding of the idea than I would ever have dreamed possible (generally she's doesn't deal with anything different or weird very well) and have recently lent her our copy of Big Love(she happens to like Bill Paxton! ). A couple of times the topic has been briefly mentioned in my Dad's presence and his looks have been rather interesting. We haven't even mentioned the topic to DH's parents at this stage - the happen to be Pastors of a Christian Church.