Last night, around 10 pm I rode over with my husband to check on our very pregnant heifer. She’d been in labor for hours, but so far, was unable to deliver her calf. Heifers are particularly vulnerable since their first birthing experience is the riskiest. Sometimes, they need human assistance to pull the calf. But [...]
Entries from February 2008
February 25, 2008
Facing the Community
Several years ago, at a conference on person centered planning, the session facilitator David Wetherow said, “We taught families to face the service system, all the while they had their back to the community.” I felt as though he were speaking directly to me.
