Mother’s Day 2025- My 20th year to be a Mama!
My little babes have outgrown me. I can’t hold them in my arms and surround them with one embrace anymore. It’s hard to allow this to happen. From the very beginning they are put on your chest & every nerve ending in your body goes to nurture-protect-feed-love mode. I love that mode. Absolutely love it! I have to share…. Recently, one of my “fancy chickens”… she’s called a Showgirl Chicken…Her boofont hair and crazy neck makes her a fun one to watch. I let her sit on her tiny little eggs cause she wanted to soooo bad! Some chickens are just more “broody” than others. That means, “wishing or inclined to incubate eggs.” Her eggs are considerably tiny & the thought of a baby chick coming from one of those made me wanna try. The thing about broody chickens is sometimes they sit on their eggs so much that they don’t get enough food and water and they can die. I had that happen before & I just know now that’s why. So this time I was making sure to make her get off them and eat and drink. (Mamas!Take good care of yourselves!) To my surprise, one morning while checking on her, I found one of the eggs had hatched into the tiniest little ball of fur. I almost cried. It made my whole day! Then I became obsessed for the second one to hatch & before you knew it we had two adorable baby chicks. I videoed her one morning because I am in awe of how she takes care of them. She notices when they get distracted and start to run off or get too far for her liking & she backs up & starts scratching in the dirt. They INSTANTLY come & they all start pecking in the tiny dirt pile she just carved out. She would do this over and over until they get tired and they get back under her fluffy wings. As mothers we are to be in that mode… nurture-protect-feed-love. It’s natural & necessary. Looking at my baby oranges…that aren’t so baby anymore, it’s easy to feel like they don’t need those things anymore. The mode feels like it switches without me choosing & They are all big & self sufficient. It makes me kind of sad.. & I feel like scratching & pecking in some dirt…But, I can’t be a “broody hen” anymore. One thing I will always have, is those flappin chicken wings that they can come hug me under. God made mothers to be amazing from the very beginning. No matter what, the Love will always be there. Bonus: They can also still switch to any other mode needed if necessary. I am honored to be a Mother for 20 years & thankful I still have mine for 47 years! I love my Mama, I love my baby chickens & my bunch of oranges! Happy Mother’s Day
My precious hubby got my dreamy white picket fence put up for Mother's Day & I went to work painting and planting. It is a work in progress and so exciting to add to! More to come on that! A Garden to Grow since these babies of mine have outgrown me.
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