Wednesday 11 December 2013

I'm still here....just



I'm still here...just. Pregnancy brain, tiredness and lack of mojo is taking me over. Only 10ish weeks to go now!!! Looking forward to being able to do normal things again like eating at the dinner table without getting my belly stuck. 
I have written many blogs, just never been able to get them onto the screen. But, I am here now and this is what I have to share with you all. May it encourage you.


When in and around farming communities, you hear people saying that their calving season was a bad one or not many lambs made it. Well, for us this year, it’s ducklings that aren’t doing well.

Mama duck: 11 eggs, 6 ducklings, 3 disappeared (eagle?) 2 sold, 1 left.
Chook 1: 7 eggs, 0 ducklings – she was off the nest for a whole day and the eggs went cold.
Chook 2: 5 eggs, 1 duckling
Brown duck: 6 eggs, 5 hatched, 3 died, 1 strong and running about with its mum, 1 just hanging onto life, tucked down my top for warm and heartbeat.

You could say life really sucks at the moment. But it reminds me of the story of Job in the bible. He lost everything over time but wouldn’t curse God or give up. After this God gave back more and better. So although I wonder why and think life just isn’t fair, I can’t give up.


I don’t know if this little fella will make it the night though. But that is life, it has its ups and downs and we must go through them. It is what moulds and shapes us into the people that we are, and when times are tough God will carry us through.

UPDATE: My little fighter lost its fight for life last night. It gave a brilliant fight though. And Aj went out in last nights rain only to find the brown duck had waddled away from her very wet and cold duckling. Aj bought it inside and it's now doing well. It will stay with us and be hand raised.