Life lessons from the Farm/Homestead 9/21/24 It is an insurmountable amount of stimuli and information coming in at me almost or so it feels as fast as light speed.

The month is almost already over? Have I really almost been here thirty days?

It is an insurmountable amount of stimuli and information coming in at me almost or so it feels as fast as light speed. I am rapidly learning more about plants and their medicinal purposes.

Take for instance, I went for a bike ride yesterday and what I thought I pulled up on the side of the road was a lamb’s ear. It was actually mullein which is good for respiratory infections and bronchitis and eczema.

I brought the plant to the wife as a gift. I don’t have much to give because I am very limited, there is nothing around here for miles.

I have learned from other greats, such as Deepak Chopra, one of the 7 spiritual laws is giving and in giving we receive. I have found this to be true and I feel the more I give to others, the more joy I receive in return.

When I give, I always give from my heart. I like to make little gifts or pick up plant. Most of the time I will propagate the plants myself or sometimes I actually do purchase them from Trader Joe’s or one of the local nurseries. I stay away from Lowe’s and Home Depot due to the harsh chemicals and pesticides they spray on their plants. It’s poison.

I do not want to start my morning on a rant and go on how many pesticides and chemicals are used in our food and plants and how it’s killing us.

It is only 3:32 am here in Topton, North Carolina.

It’s gorgeous here. The sky is so brightly filled with a vast array of stars shining amongst the harvest moon with crickets chirping 🦗 in the background.

Ditka is slumbered with me on the coach as I read and write. I have not been up all night. I went to bed at I think 5:30pm. Woke up at 8pm to pee then again at 11pm, and by 3 am I was curly tailed and ready to go. I am on a weird sleep cycle right now. But I am not working at the moment, my primary focus was to heal my leg and my soul.

My soul hurt y’all. I lost my best friend Whitney to suicide June 30,2024 to suicide. And then I broke my left leg in half. I broke my tibia and fibula in two pieces. The orthopedic surgeons at Texas Orthopedic installed a titanium rod in my leg and since the surgery on July 24,2024, I am now walking, biking, and healing beyond what I thought was humanly possible.

Lesson 1- Be Grateful -Gratitude List

-In AA, they say the things you are not grateful for you will lose. Or anything you put before your recovery you will lose.

This served to be true. I have lost everything multiple times. I have 4 DWI’s. Multiple rehabs. Multiple mental institutions. Multiple hospitalizations.

And somehow I am alive and provided for everything I need.

My gratitude list 9/21/24

1. I am forever grateful for my leg healing so fast, the family allowing me to visit their home and share such a valuable experience and all the love and knowledge they are sharing.

2. I am great til for the rain and the beautiful 70 degree weather

3. Ditka and his companionship

4. The family on this farm

5. Deb’s cooking and all the knowledge she is teaching me

6. Gord and all of his patience and love

7. Deb and Gord’s healing

8. The garden

9. The animals and plant kingdom

10. God and all he has done for me

11. My family

12. My friends

13. Love

14. A new lease on life

Y’all I do feel as if I got a new lease on life, I feel like I have multiple leases, I might want to call the broker and obtain another.

Lesson 2- Never Give up

I am living proof of what it looks like to not give up after all the bullshit life has handed you and you through more shit in the fire 🔥 just to make it ignite higher. As I mentioned before, I am not some innocent by the book type of gal.

I would describe myself as yes, a baddie, but a baddie with a brain. I wouldn’t say I like criminal activity, but it seems that I did for a while, because I was frequently riding in the backseat of cop cars 👮‍♀️.

But after the state of Texas did not mandate I go to prison and gave me a fourth chance, they could have gave me a felony, but instead I have 4- 2nd offense dwis. I do not have a felony Dwi on my driving record. That is a miracle in itself.

Another miracle, I am almost 10 months sober off alcohol.

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Never give up y’all.

God can remove anything.

Lesson 3- listen to your ❤️ heart -Trust you intuition

Indecision can be driven by a lack of confidence and a belief that you are incapable of making decisions yourself. It is important to tidy your intuition and believe in yourself to take an appropriate course of action. Realize you have the power to create the life you want and to make choices that are best for you.