Farm Life Fragments – Together

This life. New. New and different.

Each day brings a new dream I didn’t know I had dreamt. He does his best to navigate through my cloudy images of a what life well-lived looks like, to me. Not always does it agree with his images. We do our best to find compromise to allow room for each to follow where we want to be independently and yet be more together

As we near our one year anniversary of owning our slice of Montana paradise we’ve come far learned a lot made mistakes worked hard and more importantly simply spent many lazy moments soaking it in

I’ve seen us grow as a couple, as a family something about caring for land for animals for little people that are in constant need and consistently pulling in different direction and always at different times it encourages growth in ways not imagined

Acres and time have separated us from the most difficult time in our life and although life isn’t always rainbows, daisies and unicorns we are happy and we are real what makes me smile is the joy we are creating it is the memories the giggles and laughter that are staining our hearts it is knowing that looking back they will always know they were loved

Simply being thankful that we were granted a miracle Thankful that we are whole, together in this place Thankful to have him, to have them together Thankful to watch him grow and love When we can watch him run wild, happy and alive we are at peace The sight of him hugging a little life he loves so much feathers or fur pressed against his cheek he stops me dead in my tracks and I nearly collapse with gratitude for these moments with him

The mountains cast their shadows and remind us with each new day that we are blessed if we see one more sunset if we get just one more day on this earth we were lucky to stand on fertile land cherished hand in hand together

Family, friends new and old have shared in our excitement of this life

They have come to eat, drink, fix, install and update they have left tired, sick, and sore

but they always come back!