Michigan Thread - all are welcome!

[1muttsfan]

This is our Farmerboy, looking great!

 

[Grammi]

Sam, I totally understand. I lost my husband in December, and I have been rethinking the care of the chickens. I have a bad shoulder and hip, and not sure I can keep up with them. I am lucky that I do know where my chickens will go if I decide to stop. I want you to know that you and you family and friend are in my prayers. Gail

 

[Folly's place]

So sorry, Gail. All the best for you. Mary

 

[Opa]

Our lives consists of constant changes. Some are wonderful and others are sad and difficult to understand. How we accept and adapt to those changes determine the quality of our lives. Without a doubt the loss of a loved one is the most difficult and hardest to adjust to. We can only focus on the joys we shared and be grateful for the time we had together.

Some changes are due to age. The realization that we are less than we once were is difficult to accept. However, I think one of the more difficult changes to accept is the loss of a loved one to dementia. My old farmer was very astute and clear in his thinking; but the fall that broke his hip seems to have triggered Alzheimer's disease. Many times the conversations with him are so bizarre in content that you realize he is living in an entirely different reality.

Hopefully God will restore him or take him home.

 

[chyna]

Very well said. Life is truely a wonderful journey. In spite of the low spots.

 

[bigmrg74]

Our lives consists of constant changes. Some are wonderful and others are sad and difficult to understand. How we accept and adapt to those changes determine the quality of our lives. Without a doubt the loss of a loved one is the most difficult and hardest to adjust to. We can only focus on the joys we shared and be grateful for the time we had together.

Some changes are due to age. The realization that we are less than we once were is difficult to accept. However, I think one of the more difficult changes to accept is the loss of a loved one to dementia. My old farmer was very astute and clear in his thinking; but the fall that broke his hip seems to have triggered Alzheimer's disease. Many times the conversations with him are so bizarre in content that you realize he is living in an entirely different reality.

Hopefully God will restore him or take him home.

Kinda sounds like what one of my regulars has been dealing with her hubby. She had a slip and fall last year and wasn't able to help her hubby around anymore. Had to move him into assisted living while she recovered and he's just been going downhill mentally she said. The last time she was in she said that they're debating about moving him to Hospice care. Just not fun dealing with that kinda stress on someone.


A sure sign of spring here, some of the horses are starting to shed out today.

 

[1muttsfan]

Grammi, so sorry to hear about your husband, I know how hard it is to say goodbye to someone so special

 

[Grammi]

First I want to thank you all for the kind words.
Sam, I totally agree with you. Being a caretaker/cena/with mental health training, I see a lot of different diseases. I truly think the mental ones are the worst. They rob people of their identity, and families of their loved one leaving a body and a shell of what the person once was, and sometimes a totally different person that they had never seen. I especially feel for your farmer, and I am so thankful he has you and your family.
Ken and I combined two families. I had two and he had 4 children. It has been a very interesting life to say the least. The last 15 to 20 years (we were married for 32 years) we spent every day working together away and at home. We have a lawn business that kept us going all summer, and we were always together. Along with that I usually have 1 patient that I take care of, which Ken also helped with by fixing things for them. ( I try to only have one patient at a time), and I clean house for two customers. We kept very busy.
Ken was changing tires on our truck, and the truck came down and crushed him. He died instantly, of which I am so thankful that he was not in pain. It has been really hard (Please I am not looking for pity) I have had the winter to morn, and reflect, and decide where I go from here. I am a lucky one, my 6 children are watching over me and making sure I am ok. I will probably morn for the rest of my life, as he was a very special man, not too many of them out there and I had one of them! But I also know that it eases, never goes away, but in time eases a bit.
I am going to try and keep the lawn work up. I love my chickens so I will probably try and keep up with them also. I know I will be ok. When you have loved ones, please make sure they know you love them. In only seconds you can lose them.
I have really rambled enough. Again my prayers are with you and your family including your farmer. Gail

 

[chickflick]

So sorry, Gail! That is horrible. It's so hard to lose someone. But, we carry on. You sound very strong. I know your family helps keep it together. Hope all goes well in the future..

Liked the warmer days, but seems there's a winter storm coming our way! Inches of snow!! NO! Was hoping winter was gone...

Hope you all have a great dayl

 

[snowflake]

How long should a new addition be isolated before they merge with the flock? He is a young rooster joining a flock of 10 hens and 4 roosters that get along great.

I agree with the rest, way to many roosters. they will over use and abuse the hens leaving them stressed and bald.

This is our Farmerboy, looking great!

Thanks for sharing this 1muttsfan, I missed it.

nice pic. farmerboy, that is cool...


gammi, sorry to hear about your DH. we lost our daughter 3 yrs ago and it still is hard to talk about her with out tearing up, we miss her so much. as I know you miss your DH. when someone you love passes it leaves a hole in your life that can not be filled.