tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post4540036059632753607..comments2024-03-13T02:38:06.531-05:00Comments on Celebrating Motherhood: My BirthrightJust A Familyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01687664195785821127noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post-36479796067610792292012-11-20T08:20:20.608-06:002012-11-20T08:20:20.608-06:00This is wonderful, just wonderful. I know I need ...This is wonderful, just wonderful. I know I need to adjust things again. I've fallen into that just do it all thing while everyone else is gone and then I know I'm cheating us all. Thanks for reminding me there is a lot of joy in working and playing together.<br />Karen Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18189370281390432351noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post-78154588269675950752012-11-19T16:40:03.218-06:002012-11-19T16:40:03.218-06:00Beautiful post & such a wonderful reminder of ...Beautiful post & such a wonderful reminder of our blessings! I'm much like you & we work a whole lot as well ~ but you know it's really good for us & I love, love, love milking my cow.<br />I'm so sorry about your calf loss ~ We lost one to bloat out of our first lot of calves back when we were new to this farming business. We'd spent hours tending to him as well & it was so, so sad. (((Hugs)) to you all.<br />Blessings<br />Renata:)Renatahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546331512433403550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post-68089048679780648132012-11-18T23:15:51.770-06:002012-11-18T23:15:51.770-06:00Wonderful post!
We have always taught our childre...Wonderful post!<br /><br />We have always taught our children to work. Whether we lived in the suburbs . . . or on the farm (we had a small blueberry farm) . . . or in a small country town surrounded by farms . . . our children have worked.<br /><br />They have all worked on the farm and in the yard. They have all cleaned toilets and cooked dinner. They have all washed and folded clothes. We are a TEAM, and every part of the team is needed in order for our family to be the very best it can be.<br /><br />Our 3 older teens worked part time jobs at a Dairy Farm, in addition to working on our Blueberry Farm. Our next 5 teens have all worked full-time in the summers at the local Raspberry Farms. <br /><br />Our teens are known around town as hard-working-kids. They get calls from strangers, if anyone needs a helping hand. They babysit. They do yard work. They help people move. They just plain know how to work.<br /><br />And . . . they have thanked us. As they grew up and left home, they have seen how lazy much of their generation is. They have thanked us for teaching them how to work. They have thanked us for requiring them to work. Yes. They have thanked us.<br /><br /><br />Blessings to you and your hard-working crew!<br /><br />Laurel<br />mama of 12 (ages 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 23, 25, 27, 28)Laurelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253303288242135440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post-51564537842896612492012-11-16T11:41:40.888-06:002012-11-16T11:41:40.888-06:00I so very much enjoy your thoughts.I so very much enjoy your thoughts.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12778710423208334975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7628621471037646365.post-18804418260311204552012-11-15T18:59:39.911-06:002012-11-15T18:59:39.911-06:00Thank you for this post Robin. We, too, live on a...Thank you for this post Robin. We, too, live on a hobby farm and are learning the joy of work and of raising animals to fill the freezer. We are learning to be thankful for work and thankful for each other. Thanks for your perspective, once again. I really enjoy reading your blog.<br /><br />CindyVanderpolclanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13302148565149637628noreply@blogger.com