This year was meant with much struggle and some loss. We said goodbye to "Jax" our beautiful black Alpaca. When we got him he was much older than we thought, so his brief life was spent happy here.
We also lost our old Llama, "Fergus" that we had rescued when he was very old. He also lived here for a short time... 
Our "Sweetie" retired off with her sons on a farm not far from here. We get periodic e-mails showing her happy and grazing away with her "boys"...
But one of the saddest goodbyes was my Grandmother who passed away at 90 years of age, our cat "Sophia", "Scar" our whether and our old goat "Phoebe" who passed away last week at the old age of 14! She was born here 14 years ago to her mom "Daisy". She was the beginning of our farm. We have come full circle with life and death here....So as we begin another year here on the farm we move forward never forgetting our old friends and all that they brought to the farm and to our lives...
What a sad but wonderful, ever hopeful goodbye.
ReplyDeleteGod bless you and your family...may he bring you continued good health and the joy of loving your animals. I am sorry about your Grandmother...I know she was special for you are.
~Gail