Down on the Farm

I have wanted to pass on the following note sent a few days ago by a neighbor but couldn't find the picture that I had saved. Holly sent the e-mail again and it follows along with the picture. Life here is always different than the life I lived when I was married to my IBM executive. When he passed over to Glory, he had no idea the change that would come to my life. I loved him, loved the life he gave me and now I love my new life out in the desert of Arizona and DOWN ON THE FARM.

Hello All! I don't know that I would normally share this tidbitof information in an email, but given the loss of ourhorse, Jake, just over a week ago, it seemsappropriate...As you know, we had to put Jake down on Friday,January 25th. A week or so prior we had agreed toadopt a pygmy goat that had been living just down thestreet, in deplorable conditions. We were told shewas about 9 months old and really needed better home. Well, we have a young Nubian goat that could use afriend (pigs don't make the greatest playmates forgoats!)... so we said we'd take her. The neighbors that convinced these people to givetheir animals up to new homes asked if bringing thenew goat over on Sunday the 27th would be a bad time,given our loss just two days earlier. Although it wasa considerate thought, we said it would be fine tobring the goat over. ...so "Penny" found a new homewith us last Sunday.Fast forward to last Friday night, just five daysafter receiving Penny...Anthony and I got home around 7pm and drove around tothe back gate where the animals are closest... theywere sure to be hungry. As expected and normal, allthe pigs were grumbling at the pen gate waiting to befed and Skittles, the Nubian goat, was with them...but where was Penny our new little goat?Then I saw her across the pen - she was standingbehind one of the pig houses... I entered the pig/goatpen worried as to why she hadn't joined the others atthe gate...I walked over to the pig house, looked around thecorner to see why Penny has stayed behind... Andthere, still wet and shaky, was Penny's new baby! Ourbrand new goat, just a baby herself, had a baby!Exactly one week after we lost Jake, we were blessedwith a new, unexpected little life! Photos of Penny and baby Archie are attached. Had to share!... -Holly