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Our littlest secret

By on June 14, 2013 in Family

                        

I have been keeping a precious secret from here.  A secret that we have all been keeping in our hearts and in our prayers since the day we heard of it.  Our little secret though is getting bigger everyday and so it is time that I should share it.  I know what you are thinking but remember I just had a baby…well 9 months ago, I had a baby.  It is not that I am having a baby but one of my babies, well….

I case you are not a regular around here, way back in October of last year, our oldest daughter was married on this wonderful day.  On that day, she and her husband began a new adventure and now they are starting the biggest adventure of all.  In September, actually on the same day that I was due to have baby Matthew, she is also due to have a baby.  A new baby for our family and it is not coming from me but from one of ours.

Of course, you know what this means.  For me it means that somehow I am old enough to be a, well you know.  I tell myself that I have friends my age having their first or second babies and that I just had her very young.  I remind myself that I am still in the season of life of having babies also but still that word hangs over me.  Did my Grandmother want me to call her that?  It’s pretty funny that Matthew and our grandchild will be exactly one year apart and I never would have imagined that a year ago but a new baby is coming and we couldn’t be happier or more expectant.

I am working on baby knits for two babies now, one bigger and one teeny but both big in my heart.  It will be fun but I am sure very different.

And my beautiful baby Alexandra, for I truly feel as though just yesterday I was holding her in my arms and staring with amazement at her every move, she will be an amazing momma and I will be right there to help in any way that I can.  Just don’t call me…well you know.

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During the storm

By on June 7, 2013 in Family, Farm and Garden

 

Yesterday started very early for me…about 3 AM to be exact.  I awoke to the first outer bands of tropical storm Andrea.  I spent the next hours of darkness, pacing the house, checking on animals through windows and praying for the best.  As the rain pummeled our roof, the knot in my stomach grew.

I prayed and sat in bed reminding myself that all the animals were safe, and so were we.  As the sun began to rise I watched the storm radar online and put together a plan to get all the necessary farm chores done and most importantly milk Matilda, a job which must be done about the same time everyday.  There would be a about an hour lull where we might be able to get in and out before the thousand of thunder strikes expected would come ashore.  As luck would have it, right around 9 in the morning, we got our chance.  Exactly the time we usually milk Tillie and feed everyone.  We brought her in the barn into the milking stand sopping wet.  By the time we were done milking her, she had a full belly and a nice brushing.

The rest of the day was spent with all of us playing board games, lots of chess matches on our family’s heirloom chess set, naps and of course some knitting.

Alexandra and Lewis came over for dinner and the weather subsided, leaving a calm quiet night for everyone to rest and recover from the storm.

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