Bee~ Journal of then...

[BeccaOH]

Side note and completely irrelevant...but....

Ever go on BYC and BYH and wonder why everyone's animals are so sick? Is it because no one posts when their animals are well and happy? Should we start a post where folks can tell GOOD stories about keeping livestock?

Sort of a "if yer happy and ya know it, clap yer hands" type of thread so that newbies won't get the nervous shakes when they think of getting these types of animals?

I doubt the "good" thread would last for many posts, because people tend to feast upon the bad. If things are going along well for a while, I've seen people create a bad situation just to have something to gossip about, worry about, yell about, point blame about, etc.

I grieve for dysfunctional families. Mine has its moments, but it could be ripe for so much more problems if I didn't have a mother who takes the high road, prays, and tries to smooth things over. Yes, sometimes she gets tread upon, but she keeps persevering.

I started typing out my mother's history here, but I decided it best not to air all the details on the WWW. I'll just say she has been married and widowed 3 times, and there is a combined family of 7 kids (only 2 are hers biologically). For the most part, we all get along quite well, though we rarely find time to get us all together in one place. Amazingly all 7 are trying to live a Christian life, though we all fall short. There is divorce, cancer, addiction, and such in the family. Things have not been easy, but I do feel blessed.

Still I do know of a family member that is always trying to have control and tell others what to do. If there is peace for a couple months, this person seems to dig up a conflict and tries to spread their frustrations around. Thankfully we have all gotten wise to this and cut them off before it gets blown up too large.

 

[Blackbird]

Yeah I don't know, they feast on excitment, like Becca said.

'Today I went out to milk my goats. They were all perfectly fine and gave a lot of milk. yay'

It lacks drama. LOL.

If you want to do it I'll see if I can bear participating though?

 

[big brown horse]

I am not sentimental about stuff, fancy or not. Keep it, I don't want it. I'll let my sisters have first go at any family stuff, I have enough stuff!

My grandma Annie gave me her wedding ring 15 -20 years ago b/c I was the only one getting married at the time. My sister (evil Ann) went nuts after she found out. So when I got divorced, I gave it to her...she still wasn't happy. (The ring was void a diamond, it got used for something else along the years, so I had a diamond put in before my short year long marriage.)

Stuff just makes things messy. You can't take it with you...

(BTW, there is a very well planned reason why I only had one child.)

I have a very good, innocent way at "getting back" at my sister... Sadly she is very vain!! We look exactly alike and everyone used to get us mixed up. So when I'm feeling "fluffy" and I have not been working out etc. I let people from my home town mistake me for Ann and I wont correct them. It is the little things ya know?

 

[Beekissed]

BBH, that is perfect! I love the way your mind works! All good, innocent fun, of course!


Started the My flock/herd is healthy thread on BYC....I'm sure someone will be offended by it, so let's go see.....

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

BBH, that is perfect! I love the way your mind works! All good, innocent fun, of course!


Started the My flock/herd is healthy thread on BYC....I'm sure someone will be offended by it, so let's go see.....

I hope you've a long stick for poking!

 

[FarmerChick]

I posted the good post over there to make good numbers for the thread.
seems alot of people don't have problems..LOL
that is great!

 

[big brown horse]

I posted the good post over there to make good numbers for the thread.
seems alot of people don't have problems..LOL
that is great!

True!

Someone was actually worried about us jinxing eachother. (BTW, I'm Sally's chickens over there.)

 

[keljonma]

I know from experience that each child has their own memories, depending on their birth order.

There is 17 years between my brother and our "baby" sister. I'm the 2nd of 5; my brother is older than me by 10 years. All 5 of us have the same basic values and memories - holidays, everyday meal memories, family stories. However, as we aged and moved on, the ones left at home had more material possessions that weren't hand me downs.

Due to careers, we live in different areas of the country, yet are close in spite of it. I am truly blessed.

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

I know from experience that each child has their own memories, depending on their birth order.

Funny you would say that. I've found that I'm the child that seems to have the most painful memories. I'm the oldest of 3, but became the middle child when my mom married, until she had the two she has now. Then I became the third child.

 

[dragonlaurel]

I have a suspicion that many people with bad family experiences get into self sufficiency stuff because of it. Growing up in an environment like that made me feel like I couldn't rely on anybody.
Having these skills gives me more confidence that my life wont ever be like that again. I became a capable person. I stopped putting up with people or situations that are destructive, abusive or extremely negative since I have a choice now.