Snippet

Snippet -a small part, piece, or thing; especially: a brief quotable passage.

 

I've been busy this week and have had a ton going on.  Oh don't get me wrong, my weeks are always busy, but this week had an extra celebration that wasn't planned for at this time last week.

 

Here is a little snippet of the following week for myself.

 

It started out with the baptism of my nephew's beautiful baby girl, Kylee Lynn.  My daughter, Samantha, was asked to be her Godmother and truly honored by this.

 

 

 

 

I think she is going to go out of her way to make an impact on this special little blessing from God.  Truthfully, at the ripe old age of 14 I believe my daughter has already made big impacts on other people's lives with her caring and compassionate ways that I am 100% sure they picked the perfect Godmother for little Kylee.  I can't wait to see what the future holds for these girls and look forward to watching them grow up together.

 

As my week went on I had to find the way to break the news to my 11 year old that his steer, Angus, that we have been raising since August at the farm, got sick with pneumonia and once this nasty cold spell hit earlier this week he passed away.  He was already sick on the below picture but was holding his own and we had our fingers crossed for a full recovery but well, he's no longer with us.

 

 

It was horrribly cold in these parts this week and on my drive to the farm on Monday morning it showed a wonderful -11 degrees.  Yuck!!!  So, needless to say, more work was required around the farm all week with frozen water tanks, frozen water pipes, cowies having to come back in the barn every day after getting some grub outside and it was tiring and somewhat depressing.

 

So, mid-week, to get out of the depressed mood that had overshadowed the house, Luke and I were spending some goold ol' Mama/Son bonding time while the other two were in school.

 

First he decided he should help me with my dishes (a new task he's been wanting to partake in a lot lately).  Not so sure I like this idea but what the heck?  He's happy, and if he's happy I'm usually much happier too.

 

 

 

Shortly after helping with the dishes he decided he should also watch the little stepping stool/ladder deal he was using as well.  Needless to say there was a lot of water on our kitchen floor?

 

 

After cleaning up the water on the floor, my belly was craving some homemade chocolate chip cookies (a Dahm family favorite) and Luke LOVES to help make those as well, so away we went.

 

 

 

His favorite thing to do is turn on the mixer and turn it off when I tell him to, and of course, he cannot wait to lick the beaters at the end of it all.  I made a double batch, which ends up being two full cookie jars, and well, they are almost gone already.  Yummy!!!

 

These cookies were much needed as a comfort food for me and like I said earlier, to help with the sadness I had been feeling all week.

 

On the same day my great niece was being baptized our family learned that my cousin, Donna, had passed away after a year long battle with ALS.  A brand new baby beginning her journey with the Lord not having any clue what great stories she would come to know and how powerful and mighty He is and one beautiful, humble and super kind woman leaving this earthly world to begin her journey with her God in Heaven.  It was rather ironic to me at the time.

 

 

 

I attended her funeral yesterday, a funeral she planned herself before her passing.  It was heartbreaking for so many people but simply beautiful, like her.

 

When I found out a little more than a year ago that she had been diagnosed I sent her a card in the mail explaining to her that whether or not she had known it she had always been such an inspiration to me as one of my older cousins.  She led her life through the Lord and was very family oriented, extremely kind, humble and I can't imagine her ever speaking a bad word about anybody.  She will be missed by so many.

 

There was a quote from the Little House on the Prairie on the program for her funeral that is a little snippet I would like to share.  I liked it a lot and thought it was worth passing on.  I think we should all think of this when remembering loved ones we have lost.

 

"Remember me with smiles and laughter, for that is how I will remember you all.  If you can only remember me with tears, then don't remember me at al.l"

 

Here's to you Donna.  Her favorite drink in the world is a Lime Vodka Sour.  I will miss you.