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Blooie said:
Oh my! You guys are so funny!! I was just gone from BYC while I wrestled with the decision of whether or not to get out the chicken raising world, and I know me so well that I knew if I kept coming here it would make the decision even harder. Unreasonable fear of not fitting in anymore, I guess. But the decision was made, the chickens are gone, and guess what? I'm still me! :wee
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Of course you're still you (and we wouldn't change a hair on your wee tiny little head)! You know if you DO disappear, I'll have to take a day off work to drive up there and find you. That's a warning (or a threat?)!
 
Blooie said:
Oh my! You guys are so funny!! I was just gone from BYC while I wrestled with the decision of whether or not to get out the chicken raising world, and I know me so well that I knew if I kept coming here it would make the decision even harder. Unreasonable fear of not fitting in anymore, I guess. But the decision was made, the chickens are gone, and guess what? I'm still me! :wee
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You not fitting in here? What a yolk... :lau.

Flock or no Flock, you are among friends and I sincerely hope you will continue your "rule of the roost" for us all. I cannot imagine BYC without you :hugs. Whether you have chickens or not, you have a vast experience and I hope you will continue to share it as well as your awesome wisdom and wit in other topics:)

I truly understand your decision - guess no one ever talks about the biggest problem with being chicken keepers is loss of freedom to travel. I would love to go on vacation soon, but cannot until my new additions are totally integrated :barnie. But that's no different for other non-fowl pets ;).


@casportpony
:frow Hi, glad you pooped in - hmmm I mean't to say popped in :hmm .

@N F C thank you so much for posting the Link to Blooie's explanation.
 
You know how funeral programs and obits always say, "Grateful for having shared her life are....." and then names the folks who knew and loved her? I've always hated that phrase. Sounds like the writer couldn't think of anything else to say or something.

Well, Monday would have been Linda's 65th birthday. Funny, I didn't get all maudlin and depressed about it, and I honestly thought I would. In fact, I was dreading it, as the 28th got closer, prepared to grieve all over again. But it didn't happen. Nope, not once all day. I called my sister Lori and she said the same thing.....it surprised both of us and almost made us feel guilty - as if we'd broken some cardinal "grief rule" or something. I put up a post about it being her birthday on FB, saying that I was still holding her hand, and then Ken and I went to one of her favorite restaurants for lunch in her honor, and that was it. I think I shed one or two tears when I read one of Linda's daughter's posts. It said, "My mom taught me everything - except how to live without her.", and that was more in response to understanding how much her kids have lost. But then that was it. Aside from getting a mental picture of her riding on my shoulder and saying, "Oh, get OVER it", there was nothing to stop me from falling apart again. No Happy Cappys, no margaritas, no nuthin'! Just an overwhelming feeling of "Grateful for having shared her life....." because suddenly that trite phrase MEANT something.

Ain't that something? :yesss:
 

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