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raising kids. Raising kids the hard way is what we did – only I didn’t call it that back then. I just knew that sticking to our guns was often hard. Sometimes it took energy I didn’t know I had, and most times, it felt like we were fighting an uphill battle. A few years…
halter breaking Heifers – and kids Last week I told the story of the heifers we brought to our place who were unbroken and untamed. We named them Abigail and Sunrise. You can read about that here. During the course of watching Dave and our boys train these heifers,I realized how much halter-breaking heifers is…
FROM UNBROKEN TO BROKEN There was the day I learned that halter breaking heifers is like raising kids. Or maybe raising kids is like halter breaking heifers. They are the same, and this story proves me right. We already had our kids when we bought the heifers for our boys to show in the county…
Lessons in Responsibility Lack of responsibility was the farthest thing from my mind when I heard the thud of Dave’s feet as he came across the porch. I had no idea we were about to embark on a lesson in responsibility when the front door opened and Dave marched two little guys inside. One look…
Keep them intrigued When our kids were small, one of the best ways to nix grumpiness and fighting was to spring a surprise on them. Sometimes I didn’t even know what the surprise was, but I pretended until I had time to come up with something as a surprise. Kids love to help guess. A…
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