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Baby chicks and kittens.I'm perfectly fine moving slow throughout the morning. Doing my chores while sipping my coffee. ...
06/03/2026

Baby chicks and kittens.

I'm perfectly fine moving slow throughout the morning. Doing my chores while sipping my coffee. Listening to the chirps of new chicken nuggets, playing with rolly-polly fluff balls.

I am well aware of how blessed my life is....I truly wouldn't want it any other way.

06/01/2026

I want to believe that this chick has a good start to life....but maybe it should just take baby steps for now.

So thankful for a hardworking son that is willing to deep clean the chicken coop! It's never an easy (or fun) job to do,...
05/28/2026

So thankful for a hardworking son that is willing to deep clean the chicken coop! It's never an easy (or fun) job to do, but it must be done! Shane and I have plans *okay, I have plans and Shane will be forced to comply* to change our shed over to a coop for much more needed space. And an easier clean up in the fall and spring.

Coop is clean, the coop is dusted for creepy-crawlies, and chickens held those eggs in until they could high tail it back to the nest boxes. Although, there is always "that one" that goes for the far back corner instead of the 4 boxes 🙄

Yes, I use kitty litter buckets for nesting boxes....we recycle what we can around here and they make for easy cleanup when needed.

Fun fact - did you know that chicken poo is so high in nitrogen that it's consider "hot" and shouldn't be planted in, or put next to vegetation immediately? It needs to rest and break down first or will burn what you plant. These 2 beds will sit and rest/compost until next year. I will cover them with a heavy water of wood chips this fall. Next year they will be magical ✨️

How has it been one year from today? A year ago on Memorial Day, Re*****on, myself, Dad and Mom spent the day out at Ros...
05/27/2026

How has it been one year from today?

A year ago on Memorial Day, Re*****on, myself, Dad and Mom spent the day out at Roscoe Village, getting ice cream and touring gardens. Laughing and talking and life was normal.

The next day, Dad went in for a routine scope and then I got a phone call from the hospital, "Amber, it's cancer. And it's bad". In 6 words, our world came crashing down and I felt as if a heart attack/panic attack/end of the world was imminent.

I'm glad that we spent the next 329 days with our eyes wide open and aware of what a blessing time is. I'm thankful that we didn't fully know how hard the next 329 days would be, but we took them on one by one.

I'm thankful that our family has the love and faith that we do. I am happy that we had 329 days with Dad.

But....how can it already be a year?

How can that year be gone already? How can he be gone?

Especially when I think back and everything feels like another lifetime and yet yesterday.

I still think that I can call him and ask "what would happen if...." and he would explain it in ways only he can. At times, I still think my Dad is there to fix things, give me a hug, laugh his laugh. I still hear his voice as clear as day. I hear an airplane and I run to the door and look up to the sky.

But it isn't him, he isn’t here anymore. He is healed, and whole and at peace and I will see him again..... one day.

Time goes so fast and we aren't guaranteed any of it. So we love our loved ones, don't leave things unsaid and always take the hug that is offered 💙

It's finally a beautiful day! Perfect for kitten eye cleaning and the beginning of socializing them. I have to say that ...
05/25/2026

It's finally a beautiful day! Perfect for kitten eye cleaning and the beginning of socializing them. I have to say that this is my favorite stage 😸 🐱 😽

I am finally cleaning garden and flower beds! Shew it's hard work! But I really don't remember planting these????
05/22/2026

I am finally cleaning garden and flower beds! Shew it's hard work!

But I really don't remember planting these????

While I was outside this morning, I was checking out "the mess". We are behind on mowing, the flower/garden beds are bas...
05/18/2026

While I was outside this morning, I was checking out "the mess". We are behind on mowing, the flower/garden beds are basically thistletown now. We have "just stuff" that needs to be taken care of and I'll be honest....I really don't care to do it. But that lack of caring, and the ugliness of it all made me feel quite down.

I didn’t care about it this past year and I have yet to wake up to any type of motivation. But as I am standing there, I look past our chicken fence into the "greater mess".....and what do I see? Not one. But two new Mullein plants 💚

If you have followed me for any length of time, foraging is something I have always loved. And Mullein is one of my most prized "weeds". As someone with asthma, Mullein is known to open up the lungs and airways.... made into a tea, I use dried Mullein anytime we have any type of colds/flu.

So I look further....

Our Comfrey is flourishing (made into an amazing healing salve) and even the strawberries are starting to ripen.

Isn't that just a few of life's greatest lessons?

1. If left alone, without humans messing things up, nature will take care of itself. God will always provide.

And 2. What may look ugly, broken and beyond help on the outside....just may be growing something beautiful underneath. That requires looking somewhat deeper....beyond the unappealing appearances.

I wish we didn't live in a world that cared so much about how things and people look on the surface. But we do. Doesn't mean that I have to be that way however.

So if you drive by, yes....the yard needs mowed. Everything needs weeded and munched. The gardens haven't even been thought of. But there is still beauty in the mess. Because life is so much more than what is on the surface.

To have my Mom is life's greatest blessings. I won't stop talking about this past year because it has been so much. To w...
05/10/2026

To have my Mom is life's greatest blessings. I won't stop talking about this past year because it has been so much. To watch the strength, the courage, the faith and endurance that my Mom had carried with her is, in a word, awe-inspiring.

Life could have brought down a weaker person, but not her. Through everything she held herself, my Dad and us up high. Always bringing hope and faith to the forefront of our thoughts and conversations, no matter what impossible news we faced.

In those last few days, I went over to Dad and Mom's to "be a support", but in the end, I realized quite quickly that it was really my hand that needed held. And during one moment, when it was only Mom and myself there, I realized how scared I was. I was praying so desperately, and told her through my fears "I just wanted someone to hold my hand and tell me 'it's okay' ". She reached over, grabbed my hand and replied "We will hold each other's hands".

A mother is a the start of a family, the firm foundation. But she is also the middle and the end. A mother holds her family close and is the constant. She holds her family together, as close as humanly possible, and loves in spite of what we threw at her while growing up (with 6 strong-willed kids, it was quite a bit).

And in true form to life's most precious gifts, my Mom became one of my most treasured friends. Loves beyond measure, encourages without prompting and will always (Always) have my back.

If you have followed this pages for quite some time, you will know that peace within my home has always been top priorit...
05/08/2026

If you have followed this pages for quite some time, you will know that peace within my home has always been top priority to me. I believe when we cut out what the world says, and focus on our own 4 walls, then peace comes more naturally.

Never has that practice been more important this past year and especially this past month. Guarding your heart and your mind is something that needs to be taken more seriously.

Sometimes in order to do so, we have to choose to make drastic changes. Changes to work schedule, changes to responsibilities, changes to people we allow in our lives, etc. Is it selfish? Probably, but selfishness isn't always a bad thing!

Find your calm. Whether it's reading a book, planting your garden, rolling in the grass with your chickens (10/10 don't recommend, but you do you). Take a walk. Ride your bike. Take a nap. Sit in silence.

Open your Bible. Open your doors and windows. Eat some bacon.

Do what you can do to calm your heart, mind and spirit. And there's a pretty good chance that what the world says is most important is the one thing that is pulling you down.

From the very second that Dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer we started praying. Then our extended "people" starte...
05/04/2026

From the very second that Dad was diagnosed with esophageal cancer we started praying. Then our extended "people" started to pray. Then strangers started to pray.

Pray for what? For Dad to be healed.

I think for those of us here, the most difficult concept to grasp is this: if we pray for something, and if God loves us, then why does He not answer our prayers. If He truly loves us, then he would say "Yes, I hear you". And we would receive what we ask for. Our world looks at the balance...hundreds of prayers going out, then God would hear those the loudest.

Truth is.....

God hears just one simple prayer. And sometimes our "no" is really His "yes".

One day last winter, during Dad's chemo, I wore a sweatshirt that has two simple words on it "Even if". Which comes from Daniel and prompted an amazing conversation between my Dad and myself. (And even the lady at the check-in desk).

Right before Rack, Shack and Benny (for those VeggieTale fans) were thrown into the fiery furnace they declared that God would save them. But "even if" He didn't, they still would not bow down to the bunny (VeggieTales again).

Even If.....

Even if God told us "no", He is still good. Even if we feel our prayers were not answered, God chose the best outcome. Even if our hearts are broken, God still holds up just as closely and just as tightly as before.

What Satan came to destroy (because I believe that he will always look to destroy a family and always look for a way in), God uses for good.

Losing Dad here on earth does not shake my faith, it only strengthens the foundation. Going through these past 11 months could have easily tore my family apart. Piece by piece, husbands, wives, the family unit. Instead we united and came together. Every piece of bad news, we came together. Every heart break, we held on tighter. Every tear we cried, God felt.

Christmas Eve was the appointment where Dad was given the not so good news. That treatment wasn't working and it was time to have the difficult conversations. Christmas Eve.

Those of us that could, came together. We laughed, cried, hugged and was in the moment. Because "even if" we know that God still works all things for good, for those that serve Him.

And at the end of the day, our prayers were answered. Dad was healed. Not in the exact way we wanted, but in the very best way that only God can provide. Dad is whole again. He is without pain and suffering. And one day....he will be waiting for us.

Because "even if", God is still so very good. How? *spoiler alert*, in spite of their faith, Rack, Shack and Benny were indeed thrown into the furnace but as a direct result of their faith, they sure were not alone.

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