My goats are due to kid any day now, and we have been anxiously awaiting to see them and get back to milking. We have been keeping a close watch on them to see if kidding is imminent, just in case there are problems and we need to help. All of this has left us rather anxious, running off to check the goats before we head into town and go to bed at night.
Last night I mixed up my dream with my goats kidding and Missey, and I woke up crying. While laying there I thought of all the other moms here at HSB that had written posts about Missey and how they were crying.
So many of us crying for a mother we had never met. All of us crying in the same days for the same reasons. It made me feel that much closer to all of you, that much more comforted by this sad situation. I hope it is comforting the Gray family too.
To think that we are all linked to Missey not just through HSB, homeschooling or being mama's, but also as sisters in Christ. I can't wait to meet you all in Heaven!
I wondered when I had ever been involved in such a community mourning. Sept. 11th came to mind. Still, and please don't critisize me for this, it wasn't the same. On that day I was deeply involved in a very good friends personal tragedy. On that day we were given a diagnosis for our son that we did not at all expect, it was worse than we had thought. I am one of the very few that 9/11 didn't affect in a personal way. I knew noone that was killed on that day, and I knew noone who did know someone that was killed. Living clear across the continent from the horrific terrorist attacks, I was struck dumb, I did cry, but I didn't cry with anyone.
The last couple of days I have wandered about HSB reading post after post. Not just those on Missey, but also those posts that talked about a continuing life. I left comments here and there. One of those today gave me a "It's a small world after all" feeling. Dena was born in the town I grew up in. I went to school with her cousin from beginning to end. I now live in the same town as her family.
Dena and I have been e-mailing each other all afternoon asking this and that, and I believe, I have a new friend. I like that. So, if you never have met Dena, let me introduce you! She does lapbooking, Sonlight, and is following the Iditarod with her children. We are even rooting for the same mushers. Rachael Scadoris and Gary Paulsen.
"Go Rachael Go!"
Dena, you can bunk by my fire anytime. |
Mar. 4, 2006
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This is just TOO weird. Hmmm...I know I have a pic of me & the goats in Bend. Wonder if I could find it. Oh man, now I really wanna visit you and see your goats.
This is just so fun to have met you!!
My friend here just had pigs and my mil raises sheeps, but nothing compares with those darned kids!!