Whole Goat Care

As I become older, I am discovering and learning new things. It is the process of aging I suppose, but as I look back and look forward at the same time, I stand in awe of life. These are just a few things I have come to discover and I try to think back on them during the course of my days. Some days it keeps me grounded, others it gets me moving.
Eat Desert first!! At least once a month, order the most expensive desert. Share it with a friend. Enjoy the company of your friend and doing something, you typically wouldn't.
Gather with your friends and eat a meal together. There is something that is bonding when you break bread with other people.
Tell your children their stories. Our children love to hear about their baby stories. Not those that we wrote in a book, but the little things that we remembered about their childhood. It makes them feel special and important and we never lose the memories.
Tell your children your story. Tell them the struggles, the joy's, the trumpets and your dreams. Both those you have reached and those you never did. It shows them that the choices and struggles they are having are normal and so are you!
Take the time to learn to do the things you are putting off to learn to do. Be it basketweaving, knitting or anything else, if you put it off for "someday", when is "someday"? Enjoy it now, learning a new task helps keep your mind open and fresh.
Be a friend. A true friend is the person who listens, without trying to solve the problem. This is a challenge for most women and is a challenge for me. Sometimes the best solution to a problem is just getting it off your chest.
Wear a bright color every once in a while, even if it is to the grocery store or to the barn. It will cheer you up!
Embrace other women. We are all special, regardless of what we do, how we do it or how we look while we are doing it. We all think we are too fat, not pretty enough and never have time. In reality, we are all just fine!
Do stop and smell the flowers, listen to the birds sing and ponder the miracles of life.
Smile and say Hello to strangers on the street. It seems that in our fast pace world today, we close too many doors.
Pay it forward. Do something nice for somebody and don't expect anything in return. When they thank you, tell them to do some thing nice for somebody else.
Exhibt random kindness.

This is all so true. Since last Thursday I've learned what true friendship means and I learned that my friends are true to me. I have four local 'homegirls' that got me through the worst part of my mother passing away. Bondie, Lisa, Helena and Lori showed up when I didn't expect any of them to. It meant everything to me. We all get busy with our lives and go for years without talking to each other sometimes outside of Christmas or birthday cards. Lori came over yesterday and I told her that true friends know what you need before you do. I didn't know what I needed when Mom died, I just knew I needed something. None of them asked me what I needed, they knew what I needed and there they were. They knew when to talk and they knew when to be quiet or when to just touch my shoulder so I would know they were there. It was amazing.
The messages and flowers I got from you guys meant more to me than I have words to express. It was a true blessing to have true friends rally around me like that. I am so touched by it.

We are all guilty of not taking the time but we need to. I am the worst about waiting until tomorrow but tomorrow isn't guaranteed so yep, we do need to stop today, listen to the birds, smell the flowers, enjoy the crack of goat horns as they play, let your dog snuggle you instead of telling it to get away because you're too busy and don't just offer your friendship or help.....do it!