Life’s Little Moments

April 14, 2010 
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I love Spring. I like different things about every season, but especially on the farm, Spring is hands down my favorite. Even more so after a long winter like we have had this past year, it is such a relief to see the green grass and new life everywhere. Our ewes are all lambing right now and we have about 30 lambs running around everywhere.

As I was walking to the pasture to water the pigs today I felt so exhilarated by the new life I could see everywhere. I feel this way every Spring, but this one is even more special. Not only have we survived a hard winter but I have my own new life coming in October to think about and plan for. With these wonderful thoughts running through my head I lay back in the pasture and waited for the water trough to fill.

Here I was, enjoying the sunshine and the green grass tickling my legs with my hand resting on my non-existent baby bump and thinking happy wonderful thoughts…Suddenly my face was attacked by a very muddy puppy, my Labrador shook pig water all over me, and I realized that I was laying on a pig turd.

Oh well, that’s how life goes isn’t it. One minute you are blissfully enjoying the warmth of a good day and the next you are slimed with mud, covered in dirty water, and realizing that all along you have been laying in poop.

I choose to embrace what life throws at me though and removed the turd, carefully examined the grass for any other stray ones, scraped the clumps of mud from my face, and lay back down to continue my happy Spring day. Such is life on the farm.