Recent content by TXchickenchick

The biggest problem here is NOT people who criticize someone for processing their own meat. I posted some time ago because I had tried...I processed one chicken. It was absolutely traumatizing for me. Not the blood and gore part...that doesn't bother me at all. It was the taking a life part. I...

I apologize for not reading this sooner. It seems like life has been so crazy with adjusting to the new "normal". I appreciate you asking, and not tacky at all. Things are actually going really well. Better than we either anticipated, I believe. We are actually becoming friends again instead of...

We did Bea, Betty, and Estelle. :) Sadly, I got them my first year living in South Texas and lost Estelle to heatstroke. :( I have learned a lot about helping them survive this insane weather since then.

Yes, divorce can be the best possible thing for a family. My patents divorce was an amazing thing, for sure. They are now 70 and 80 years old, live next door and help one another constantly. UrbanFarmOC your story sounds so much like mine. I am so, so ready to feel myself again and know I will...

Thanks guys. Yes, it is so real and so devastating. I didn't even come close to understanding just how extreme it was until less than a year ago but it has been destroying our marriage and our family since the beginning. I am literally exhausted.

It should as long as he remains stable. We are pretty much in full agreement so far.

I wish it were so simple. My husband has severe, incurable, extremely dangerous mental illness. I have tried to be the supportive 'good wife' for 15 years but now he found a girlfriend just as crazy as him. It hurts so much but I am going to feel alive soon for the first time since I said I do!

What absolutely precious ladies! :love

Thanks guys! :) I am definitely at the lost my mind stage. Just gotta keep remembering to put one foot in front of the other. No, I am not religious. But I do talk to my chickens about it and they are good listeners. :) I definitely think saying it out loud to someone or something certainly...

Thanks both of you. I am so used to being the listener and the sounding board learning to open up is extremely hard for me. However, I have two best friends who I am practicing on. :) One has been my friend for 33 years, one 25 years so they are a good, safe place to figure out how to share my...

:) thank you! That's something I can sure use these days.

I am an atheist as are my children (so far) and my (soon to be ex) husband.

You are absolutely correct, we couldn't continue with the unhappiness. And yeah, mom is always the one expected to stay strong, hold everyone together, make sure everyone else is making it alright. Not a whole lot of people making sure mom is. I admit though, I am excited for the future. I...

Who has the sexiest drake feather? Why Squacky does, of course! :D

About 5ish years ago I tried to divorce my husband. But, alas, he convinced me to pack up everything, move myself and our kids to South Texas, and give it another shot. So I did. I can't say I regret that decision. The kids are thriving, I absolutely love it here, and I have a lovely home with...