Summer was very mild this year. That sounds like a lovely thing coming from someone that hates the heat and humidity of the deep south. However, it is not a lovely thing when it comes to gardening. The garden did not do well this year and even had we had brilliant weather the garden probably would have suffered as my health was declining. The other negative thing about the summer being so cool is that we did not have a lot of pasture grass for the cows. So that was a struggle all summer long. We spent a lot of days at the lake. It was nice to bring the kids swimming while I laid in the sun reading. I was so tired and it helped to just soak up the sun.
The most difficult thing to deal with was Joseph. He seemed to regress all summer long. It got to the point where none of us knew what to do and how to deal with him. Since then so much has happened but so little has changed. I eventually had surgery in August. After a hospital stay of 2 weeks I came home weak and unable to do much. We decided to put the kids in school as the load of homeschooling with my health AND dealing with Joseph was proving to be too much. Jeffrey was offered a full sponsorship to St. Gregory's Academy in PA. It is hard not having him here but he loves his new life!
After I recovered from surgery we started intense therapy at Madonna Hospital. It is an incredible place! It's amazing what they can do with the most brain damaged people. It was discovered that the damage, or at least most of it, was on his right side because his left side of his body was not performing as it should. He has made great progress with his physical abilities but I fear we have made no headway in his behavior. He is doing great in school. But we still don't know what the future holds for him. But then again, do we know it for anyone?
Christmas leaves me speechless. All 8 of the little ragamuffins where home. We were totally snowed in for three days. But when all was said and done we made it to 2010 as a family still holding on to the faith and each other.
And here we are......2010......and life on Terra Benedicta continues. That should read continues to change. We sold the cow. We could not afford to continue feeding her. And the milking was getting hard. The winter has been VERY hard. Lots of snow, storms, ice, and COLD temps. Hard to deal with one cow in times like this. We have lost several chickens to the weather. I think we are going to just keep 10 chickens for us. And now we have three ducks.
So although Terra is falling apart as a mini farm she holds on as a looney bin! Life is always interesting.
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