Tag: Change
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The Waters of Grief
It is May 2023. The sixth anniversary of my family’s tragedy. On May 11, 2017, a semi truck landed on top of my parents’ car. The story of the collision and the facts involved have never been very clear to me. I didn’t want them to be. Early on I learned the most important part:…
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Pick Me Up, God
Sometimes in life it can feel like God is absent. There have been seasons in my life when I questioned, “Is God real ?” and if he is real “Where is he? Why is he not helping me?” God is not a tangible being. Depending on my feelings about the mountains that I face, God…
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The Best Bad Dog Ever, Stella !!!
In 2017 my little family moved home to my parent’s home. We were all dealing with the sudden tragic loss of my parents, the stress of moving, and starting over in a new school/job. Life was a mess, and to top it all off I had a puppy. It became evident very quickly that Stella…
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Stella, The Making of a Good Dog, I Am Never Alone, Joy While in Pain
Some words are easier to write than others. Honestly, I have been in what I would call a blogging slump. My first blogging slump.However, if I continue writing these blog posts, it probably won’t be my last. When I first decided to blog, I thought I would simply blog about sweet days on my homestead.…
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My Life in Dog Stories: How Stella became a Homesteader
As I continue to blog, I am discovering that most of my stories are connected to 2017. Once in conversation with my Father, he ironically told me that people who suffer from tragic losses usually define their lives as pre-tragedy and post-tragedy. At the time of our conversation I had personally experienced very few intimate…
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Rebirth of a Homestead, Thankfulness Even in Chaos, Enjoy the Breeze
2020, a year full of chaos and uncertainty. Our little family found ourselves at home, all of us, all the time. My college guy who had already flown the nest came home, and of course was disgruntled with his college zoom life (who wouldn’t be). My younger two boys were dealing with non-traditional school and…
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Going Home, and Failing ?
Sometimes you don’t succeed. I have been processing this blog mentally and emotionally for about a month. In mid May of 2017 my family experienced a sudden traumatic family loss. I lost my parents in an accident. Honestly my parents were both very active and healthy, I thought I would have them for several more…
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Heritage of Homesteading, Self Sufficiency in my History
I definitely have homesteading in my DNA; let’s be honest most of us do. When I think about my grandparents’ generation or my great grandparents’ generation, most of them gardened, raised some source of meat, and had home food preservation. The generations before us were homesteaders out of necessity. I remember my father telling me…
Hettie’s Homestead 