Raindrops on a metal roof are one of my all-time favorite sounds. Each drop, a note, music falling from the sky! The Lord provides. This rain is overdue, our land is so dry. I worry about, scratch that, I pray for the farmers who struggle to produce and survive. I pray for our Idaho, where every hay…
Yesterday was “Spring Forward” and as we drove to church, I attempted to explain it to my almost 7-year-old daughter. Nothing quite equipped me to have these types of discussions with a tiny rational human who has not yet been indoctrinated into the groupthink of society. Our conversation went something like this; “yesterday at this…
I was in the bathroom this morning trying to get ready to leave for bible study, when you live on a farm there is always something to feed on top of the humans that inhabit my home, and getting out of the house with time to spare in the morning is part regiment part chaos….
I grew up on Shel Silverstein books, A Light in the Attic was one of my favorites, occasionally one of his poems will pop back into my head at random. Today it was the Prayer of the Selfish Child. Do you remember that one? “Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the Lord my soul to…
We purchased two bottle baby goats last week for pack goat prospects and are named Doc and Marty after my husband’s favorite movie series of all times, Back to the Future. Doc was 3 days old, and Marty was 4 days old when we brought them home. They were taken from their mother at birth and…
Today 18 years ago I met my husband and although it was some time after we started dating today is the anniversary of the first time, I saw him. Although 18 years seems like an incredibly long time it went fast and, in a few months, we will celebrate the 7th birthday of our daughter,…
Have you ever met a difficult person? A person with the potential to bring out the worst in you. All those ugly thoughts and feelings knock aggressively at your heart and attempt to take up residence in your mind. Those thoughts left unchecked spin and swirl they are a toxic distraction. I imagine asking this…
I am not sure when my asthma symptoms started by 4th grade it was a prominent feature of my life and even resulted in a hospitalization. A little blue inhaler became my security blanket, and I never went anywhere without it. I remember waking up in the middle of the night unable to breathe and…
Many years ago I had a Dogo Argentino named Dante he was huge, white, and often mistaken for an overgrown Pitbull. Dante was born deaf; an unfortunate but fairly prevalent breed trait. Hearing tests were common protocols for breeders and most breeders culled (a nice way to say killed) the deaf pups. I mean who…
When my daughter was three, we took her to a pediatric functional medicine specialist. She had a rash on her face for as long as we could remember we used topical treatments and accused every food group she interacted with but we couldn’t stop the rash. It was incredibly frustrating! The pediatrician took one look…