Tag: loss
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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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I’m in a Drought
The homestead and the garden are currently a burnt, crunchy brown. We have had to fight for any garden production by replanting dead plants, watering, and mulching. It has been depressing. My husband frequently reminds me that in order to have good garden years, you have to have bad garden years, too. The goats have…
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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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Mother’s Day, It Gets Complicated
Much like being a mom, Mother’s Day can be complicated. The day can be overshadowed by ideals that you can’t achieve. My path to becoming a Mom was not an easy road. After years of trying to become a mom, I began to detest Mother’s Day. It reminded me that behind a locked door in…
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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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Stress, The Veterinarian, and Heaven
Recently I took an unplanned break from blogging. Life just got the best of me for a bit. If I am being honest, parenting three growing boys, homesteading, and even being a goat Mom can be overwhelming at times. Last week was stressful and discouraging. I felt failure in almost all the corners of my…
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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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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 