Senseless Tragedy in America

Such a tragedy that took place last week as the young man gunned down innocent kids and teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary.  My heartfelt condolences go out to all the parents who lost their kids that day, the brothers and sisters who lost each other and the families of all involved.

I just got done reading the mini bios of some of the children and teachers.  As tears rolled down my cheeks I could barely see by the end of the article.  I couldn't help but ask myself what kind of sick would make someone think they needed to do such a horrific thing?  No one in their right mind thinks it's ok to kill a bunch of kids.  I still am without an answer.

What I do know is that I cannot imagine the pain these people are going through.  To lose a child in this manner would be a nightmare.  We may never understand why he did it.  Were there warning signs that he was on the edge?  Even if there were, who would imagine that something like this would be the outcome?  What can we do to prevent anything like this from happening again?  Do we need to have armed guards at school entrances?

I have always thought that my kids are safe when I send them to school as they should be.  Not anymore.  The world is so full of tragedies these days that nowhere is truely safe.  I do hug my kids a little tighter these days, though.

That day a young man did something that caused a lot of people including young kids to see and hear things no one should ever have imagine.  I sometimes see things at my job that I hope my kids never have to deal with knowing or seeing, but never has it been something as horrific as this.

My last thought for today on this is that the longer kids stay innocent the better.  That day he took away the innocence of all the kids at that school.  Those kids who survived will be terrified to go back to school and that is a tragedy in itself.

Prayers to all the families for comfort and healing!

Winter Approaching Fast -Updates

While the last few weeks have been very busy for me with Thanksgiving coming and going and a family birthday this week, Christmas concerts and all of the holiday hustle and bustle, I have not gotten around to blog much. 

I have realized that as winter approaches, there is less work going on around here except for the feeding/caring for the animals and of course my husband is still working on cutting trees to clear the pasture for the next round of planting.  I do, however, have a couple of things to report on. 

The first is that we are pretty sure our 2 boer nannies are pregnant!  Yay!  I am so excited about having baby goats running around.  We also, right now, have 2 other goats that came to get bred by our fantastic looking boer billy.  There has started to be some boer babies for sale in our area again so we will start looking again for some more nannies to increase our herd.  Except from the occassional goat out of the fence, which really isn't a big deal since they stay in the yard, we really have had no problems with them this time around. 

The cows are out on the big pasture and have not had to be hay fed yet, but it is fast approaching.  Hopefully they are all bred, but there is at least one I am doubting.  Hopefully next year we can rent a bull or take them to a local bull.  I just feel more comfy with that plan than all the waiting, watching and waiting again for months.  It drives my anxiety level to max!  

The last thing for now is that even though the work slows (mainly due to I hate winter and being outside freezing my butt off!!!) in the cold, it never ends.  I do feel so priviledged to be able to live in such a wonderful place with a wonderful family on our own piece of heaven.  Even though at times all the work seems overwhelming, I wouldn't give it up for anything!  I only wish we had the resources to get all the work completed so we can enjoy the parts I truely love.