Good Morning, Everyone! Today is an especially hard day as six kids lost the best father you could imagine. It is our first Father's Day without Ed. Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary. It is hard to believe it would have been 14 years tomorrow that I married my best friend. So many memories....
Just a note to update you on things around here in the past month and to make a heartfelt request for help.
I think Sable needs a farmer. She has a home and a farm to roam but she is still lonely beyond imagination. It is heartbreaking to step outside and walk towards the Dakota and watch her race to the door and hope for a ride to scout fields. I work about 10 hours a day and by the time I get home I am not able to give her the time and attention that a loyal German Shepherd needs. She is my company and protector but I am not doing right by her, I know.
I am looking for a farmer for her...someone who will take her in the truck and let her follow him/her everywhere. Someone who will rub her belly and scratch her ears and talk to her like Ed did. She is 6 1/2 years old, spayed and has a very handsome pedigree. Her bloodlines are very good. She has absolutely no sign of hip problems and the vet says she is in great health. If someone is interested in taking her, please email me. I will deliver her to wherever your farm is. I only ask that you love her and treat her with kindness.
Part of my request comes from my decision to sell the farmhouse and farmstead. Even with the kids and friends and neighbors helping, I am having a tough time keeping up with this big old place. Besides, it is just too big of a house for one person. I need to be in town near people and in a house that is easier for me to manage.
I know that when I move into town Sable will be miserable. I'm not sure that a fence or an invisible fence will contain her if I move into town. She loves to roam the land and sleep in the laundry room at night. I have the house listed as of last Monday and need to be able to place her when it sells. This is so hard.
Other than Sable, all of it is hard but not impossible. Ed is walking with me every step of the way. I have gone through all of his papers. Files and files and boxes and boxes of everything he wrote or kept for the information that he could include in one of his radio spots or workshops. I gained so much more appreciation for his depth and breadth of knowledge and his love of teaching others. He sure loved farming and sure loved to help farmers solve problems. I have found amazing documents of things he wrote over the years. He sure was prolific!
The scholarship fund is set up to receive applications and I am so pleased about that. Matt and I went through Ed's Oliver toy tractor collection and have selected 14 to be given to the grandchildren this coming Christmas. Each will have a package under the tree from Papaw even if he is not there physically, he will be there in spirit. The rest will be placed into a permanent collection to stay in the family.
I have scheduled an auction for August 8 for the small tools and what little machinery is left here. It won't be a big auction by any means but I can't take it to town with me. One more difficult thing to get through but I am walking by faith and trying to do my best to make Ed proud.
I am still humbled and astounded by how many calls and emails I get just checking in on me to offer encouragement and to see if I need anything. Thank you for your prayers and friendship.
Please think it over and if you are in a position to take a great farm dog into your life, let me know. In the meantime, please know that I appreciate all of your support and I think of all of Ed's blog followers daily when I offer prayers for your safety and prosperity. God Bless, LuAnn
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I pray that everything will work out for the very best for everyone touched by the treagic loss of your husband. That includes Sable.
ReplyDeleteI would love to have another German Shepherd. They are wonderful dogs. I'd submit an application but of course I live in Oregon.
ReplyDeleteHave you found a farm home for Sable?
ReplyDeleteI would like a german shepard for our farm.
We also have some livestock.
Mike McConnell
Hi Mike, I think I have found a farm home for her about 2 hours from here. Someone from NAT emailed me. It is a farm with livestock and lots of older kids. I am so grateful. In case this doesn't work out I will keep your contact information and I thank you so much for even considering taking her. Now if I can just get this farmhouse sold. What a job.
ReplyDeleteAnyway, have a great day and thanks again, LuAnn
All the best to you. Will be thinking of you and remembering Ed.
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