On April 6, 2013, we embarked upon a new adventure that we chronicled in this post: Nellie in which we rejoiced in a new addition to our family when we purchased a lovable Nubian Dairy goat named Nellie. Since that time Nellie has become like a member of our family, yielding gallons and gallons of goat milk that we use primarily to make kefir. She gave us many smiles and laughs along the way. She also gave us Annie, her little girl:
Annie |
Nellie (foreground) and Annie (background) ready to go |
We know that we provided her with a good life. She was a happy goat and it saddens us that when we go to pick up Annie, Nellie won't be returning to Our Maker's Acres Family Farm. As I write this I can almost hear her bleating "behhhh" and the jingling of the red bell that we had hanging around her neck as she would run to the barn for her daily milking.
There is a phrase in French, C'est la vie, that means "That's life." It's true. Bad things just happen sometimes that we can't change. Although hard to accept, it's just the way things are and you keep pressing on. Life is a cycle that sadly includes death. We fully understand that she's an animal. She's not human and as special as she was to our family, her life is not as valuable as human life. Our job is to be good stewards of the animals and land that the Good Lord has given us and we believe we've done that, but that is no consolation for losing her and doesn't assuage the sense of loss we have. This isn't the first animal we've lost and it won't be the last.
RIP Nellie |
The Millenials have a term they use when something is really good. They call it GOAT. That acronym stands for Greatest Of All Time. RIP Nellie. You were the GOAT and we will miss you!
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