This picture was the last time that Nutmeg saw two of her babies, Cocoa and Molly. We took them to Albuquerque today to their new home. It was an easy thing for us to do this morning because these two babies are so noisy...they constantly whine when I pull Nutmeg out to milk her, they are always "talking" to me when I come outside, thinking I have a treat for them, they cry when we feed them and it's not pure Alfalfa, but mixed with grass, they cry for EVERYTHING! So for us, pulling them out and loading them up and making the 2 hour journey was an easy decision. We dropped them off, got $100 for them, which paid for our annual pass to the zoo and botanical garden, had lunch, put Sophie in Doggie Day Care for the day and had a couple of slurpies in the zoo. I'd say we enjoyed the $100 and will for the rest of the year...But upon arriving home I could hear Nutmeg crying. I went out back and milked her and fed her and her other baby, Oreo, that we kept and we fed all the animals and came inside. As I was cleaning up from dinner I saw Nutmeg standing at the gate and heard her crying for her babies. Normally Nutmeg doesn't make a peep. Most of my neighbors had no idea I had her until her two noisy babies came along because she is just super quiet, but today her heart was broken and she cried. It was a quiet cry, a pleading sound really and it broke my heart. Tonight I realized that Nutmeg is so much more than just a goat that feeds my family milk, she is a mother that just lost two of her babies and I was the reason for that. I know that in time her heart will heal, she will never forget about them, but she will move on, and hopefully she will forgive me for today.
This journey that Todd and I are on...this farm adventure as some call it...has been truly that...a journey and I am so grateful for the many things I have learned and continue to learn on a daily basis. We are truly blessed to have been entrusted with the spirits of these animals that provide for our family and I feel so grateful to be able to raise them and give them a better quality of life than what animals that are commercially raised go through. I'm not a hippie and I'm not all about save the planet, go green, etc. I just happen to be grateful for the opportunity that we have before us and feel blessed to be a part of it all!
And to those who e-mailed us saying they wished we'd stop posting so many "farm" things...too bad...stop reading my blog if you don't want to see it...this is our life and we will continue to share it!
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