Are you even married to a rancher if he doesn't crack some joke about "calving" during your pregnancy? 😉 Calving and I have a love-hate relationship. I love being outside and around the calves but the weather and the long days and nights takes its toll. 💙
LOOK AT THAT BABY!!!! I love how those significant seasons change and evolve and become a bookmark, a measuring stick, showing where we’ve been and where we are and where we’re going.
So interesting!! Most of my experience with calving is from watching All Creatures Great and Small (love that show!) and maybe some other movies. But I remember seeing a newborn calf along a two-lane road in the farm country of California, and several cars stopped to see the calf. That picture at the end is so sweet! 😍
Calving time doesn’t bring up romance and motherhood for myself, but having grown up on a dairy and beef farm, these words sure bring memories of childhood and the many hours my mother put into helping my dad when the calves were being born. I was the observer from the other side of corral panels and have heard many a comments of comparing pregnant cows and women!
Ok I love this so much! So many interesting details about calving season. January is such a dreary month, how lovely that life comes from it. And that pic of you two. ❤️❤️
I love this story so much (as well as your side-of-the-road birth story!)
One question I have: how often (if ever) are you called upon to assist with delivering a calf? It sounds like that’s primarily your husband’s thing, but have you ever had to step in - and get an arm in?
About a year ago, my brother, who is a farmhand, sent a photo of new calves to the family chat, and a note that said "I know how much you like the calves." My husband said "I bet he has a new girlfriend he meant to send that to." Sure enough, and they'll be getting married in May. :) Must be something about calves!
Beautiful writing! I love how this calving season brings back so many different memories for you. What a marker of time passing for you and your family.
This is true in so many ways! Calving is like the other long seasons on the farm, where we wives share our husbands with whatever it is that needs their attention. It’s such a joy to watch the new life coming into the world, and gut-wrenching when it doesn’t go well. And yes, the pregnancy jokes. 🤦🏼♀️😂
The straw that made my husband decide to switch to fall calving was the spring of 2019 when we had a major weather event that left a ton of mud and cows heavy with calf unable to get up. He had to perform a c-section himself, an experience he never wants to repeat!!!
This is stunning, Stacy. When are you writing a book? It's time.
Are you even married to a rancher if he doesn't crack some joke about "calving" during your pregnancy? 😉 Calving and I have a love-hate relationship. I love being outside and around the calves but the weather and the long days and nights takes its toll. 💙
LOOK AT THAT BABY!!!! I love how those significant seasons change and evolve and become a bookmark, a measuring stick, showing where we’ve been and where we are and where we’re going.
I love your stories! ❤️
Love the Friends episode style description—which you 100% delivered. Great storytelling, friend!
So interesting!! Most of my experience with calving is from watching All Creatures Great and Small (love that show!) and maybe some other movies. But I remember seeing a newborn calf along a two-lane road in the farm country of California, and several cars stopped to see the calf. That picture at the end is so sweet! 😍
Thanks for sharing, love it!
Calving time doesn’t bring up romance and motherhood for myself, but having grown up on a dairy and beef farm, these words sure bring memories of childhood and the many hours my mother put into helping my dad when the calves were being born. I was the observer from the other side of corral panels and have heard many a comments of comparing pregnant cows and women!
Ok I love this so much! So many interesting details about calving season. January is such a dreary month, how lovely that life comes from it. And that pic of you two. ❤️❤️
Another great story. Love you
I love this story so much (as well as your side-of-the-road birth story!)
One question I have: how often (if ever) are you called upon to assist with delivering a calf? It sounds like that’s primarily your husband’s thing, but have you ever had to step in - and get an arm in?
About a year ago, my brother, who is a farmhand, sent a photo of new calves to the family chat, and a note that said "I know how much you like the calves." My husband said "I bet he has a new girlfriend he meant to send that to." Sure enough, and they'll be getting married in May. :) Must be something about calves!
I love reading about your farm life!
Beautiful writing! I love how this calving season brings back so many different memories for you. What a marker of time passing for you and your family.
This is true in so many ways! Calving is like the other long seasons on the farm, where we wives share our husbands with whatever it is that needs their attention. It’s such a joy to watch the new life coming into the world, and gut-wrenching when it doesn’t go well. And yes, the pregnancy jokes. 🤦🏼♀️😂
The straw that made my husband decide to switch to fall calving was the spring of 2019 when we had a major weather event that left a ton of mud and cows heavy with calf unable to get up. He had to perform a c-section himself, an experience he never wants to repeat!!!