09/06/2024
After months of being FB silent, big “ups” and “downs”… it’s time I crawl out of my cave and get back to growing…
This summer has been a lot of lessons learned. I lost my best chicken to a bobcat in July because our LSG was injured (due to hurting her foot on my neighbors barbed wire hiding on the ground). I heard my sweet strong, Dorothy, being attacked exactly 5 minutes after finding out I got my forever dream day job. Talk about an emotional rollercoaster…
Unfortunately, losing TWO of my best layers this year hasn’t been the worst loss. Last week, one of my absolute best friends-in-a-lifetime lost her battle to terminal illness earlier than we expected. I took off focusing on the farm this summer to focus on being there for her, my amazing friend Stephanie. She was the biggest supporter of our self-sufficiency farming goals. The news of her passing came just days after finding out that my husband was hired for his dream forever job. “Stephy” was worried about us since he lost his job a year ago and the finances were resting on my shoulders. I’m thankful we had the chance to share the good news with her to put her mind at ease.
I turned 40 this past Sunday and I truly feel this is an opportunity to keep growing and transforming. Sometimes we have to take a break and reconfigure our priorities and the challenges life throws at us.
If you have made it this far in my story, thanks for being a friend. I’m overwhelmed with missing having access to my best friend. Even though it’s a selfish need… However, when I’m caring for my plants and animals I am always blessed with that peaceful stillness that everything is just as it should be.
It’s never too much. It’s always just enough.
And we keep marching on…
Photo tax of my daughter inspiring me to stay curious and fascinated. Also, the last picture of Stephy (on left) and I taken when I came to CO to visit this July. RIP my amazing soul sister 💕
