Friday’s Quotes for the Chicks
I think, at a child’s birth, if a mother could ask a fairy godmother to endow it with the most useful gift, that gift should be curiosity.Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_birthday.html#dBfxDBETrfXT8kqF.99
I love you and goodbye.
She didn’t make it and although we are saddened by this, what would have resulted in my two daughters melting into puddles of inconsolable tears has now caused a momentary pause, a reflection on the fleetingness of life and the heavy heart of death.
This is the beauty of inviting others into your life. You care for them and they bring you pleasure.
Sometimes they get sick and die.
But more often they don’t and you get to create memories together.
You begin to realize that there is a plan to life, a cycle of birth and rebirth. Over and over.
And you start to feel like a part of the whole.
Be safe and see you all next week.
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Wendy Thomas writes about the lessons learned while raising children and chickens in New Hampshire. Contact her at [email protected]
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