Sometimes…Life Just Happens

Sometimes we do all we can do and even then, the worst happens. Sometimes…life just happens!

We had a cow go into labor. After a few hours we knew something wasn’t right. We tried everything we could, but the calf was coming out butt first. The vet was called. The calf didn’t make it. The calf was removed and the cow wasn’t given good odds, but she made it overnight. She ate and drank and after a few days, it looked promising.

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Carry Water

We recently needed to make a pretty long drive hauling cattle. We had cattle headed to the North Dakota/Canada border and cattle headed back to MS from Canada, North Dakota and Arkansas! It was a long drive to make in under 72 hours!

We tried to be prepared. We had a water tank in the trailer, and after a certain number of hours, we gave all of us a break from driving! We stopped and gave the animals food and water and we had dinner as well. We had hay bags tied in the trailer for road snacking but feed and water had to wait for a lengthier stop. Husband filled buckets with water and allowed the cattle to drink what they wanted before we headed back out on the road.

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He’s There

sunflower at sunset as a reminder He's there

Well, it’s no surprise that hurricane season has started and we have had a tropical depression/ storm already! We aren’t quite sure how much rain we had during the storn, since the rain gauge was overflowing, but it was somewhere around 8-10 inches! There’s a lot of water!

We were doing a little looking around and checking on things and had to go across the pond. Of course, the pond is high and water is going through the spillway. To be honest, driving through the water made me nervous. The water was a bit high and it was moving pretty fast!

water is high and over the drive of the spillway; He's there in the flood

As husband went to drive across the spillway, I had him stop so I could take a picture. As always, that still small voice was speaking and this time I was listening.

“When you pass through the waters”

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