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Starting over I guess

by Rafterd

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December 30, 2021

He is better

Colton is feeling better, He ate some chicken soup and it stayed down. He has slept and just laid around for three days. He wanted to feed the horses tonight only kid I know, that gets mad when h...


December 29, 2021

sick kid

Well, haven’t whined in a few days. Learning fast I wasn’t the nourishing parents. Colton has a good old case of the flu. Callie took care of so much with that kid. I was more of the shake it off...


December 26, 2021

glad its over

Well, the day went much better than I thought Colton opened presents. He did ok with it. The things Callie got him, he opened, but left them in the wrappings from the store never said a word, the...


December 25, 2021

vent I guess

Colton is asleep, he was worn out so I had time to get his stuff out I know he doesn’t still believe in Santa, but it is the first without his mom, she was so into Christmas, Callie had already b...


December 24, 2021

good start

Up early even for me, read the transcript last night still have not listened to the recording. I checked on Colton at least a dozen times last night. It’s going to be a long day I want to talk to...


December 24, 2021

so I learn more

Colton finished discing for the year I got the yearlings tagged and worked. Then cooked dinner. Colton gave it a C- that is my best grade yet on dinner. The investigator that worked Callie’s and ...


December 23, 2021

Funny what sets him off

Up earlier taking advantage of Colton being out of school. While he got ready, I saddled the horses and loaded them in the trailer stopped by the café and ate breakfast. On the way he talked abou...


December 23, 2021

much better day

Colton had a great day. I picked him and Carey up from the field. The first words out of his mouth Dad loves that 9520R we could keep it right, Auto steers are so cool. He is being his old self, ...


December 22, 2021

hope for a normal day

Guess it’s not getting up early when you do it every morning 3 am. Not sure why my body picked that time. Start the coffee. Someone sent me a single cup something to make coffee. Colton showed m...


December 22, 2021

Better day

Rode the tractor most of the day. Colton had a great time with Carley and her family. I managed to get about 100 acres done. So good day, I wasn’t sure about letting Colton go, but glad I did, He...


December 21, 2021

12/21/2021

Be kind of short today or at least for now. Have a lot of ground to cover work wise. Colton is going with Carey and her family to some Christmas carnival fair festival thing. He’s functioning som...


December 21, 2021

12/20/2021

strong textemphasized text Up early again 3:25 am making coffee building a fire in the stove to help knock the chill out. Checked on Colton, still asleep (of course he is, it’s 3:30 in the mornin...


December 20, 2021

meltdown I guess

Well, everyone kept telling me it would hit Colton in stages and something would set him off I have no idea what set him off but he finally had a melt down Me: Colton you have your school thing ...


December 20, 2021

12/19/2021

Well, it was a long day up at 4:30 am mixed feed and put out 35 rolls of hay. Didn’t feed for Colton, after him getting mad and telling me he was not 5. Took him to the café for breakfast first t...


December 19, 2021

what happen

So here it goes Callie and Colton had gone to a school program. I was out of town, taking a load of cattle to Colorado. They were heading home and it was raining pretty hard, we have a section of...


December 19, 2021

12/18/2021

Went to the city got all the errands done for the week got TV dinners per Colton. Colton hung out with one of his buddies when I got back, he had found a teaming roping about an hour from the ho...


December 19, 2021

12/17/2021

emphasized textUp at 3:30 am wind howling 18 degrees. Checked on Colton he is still out. Put a fire in the wood stove while the coffee gets ready so it can get it extra warm in here when Colton...


December 18, 2021

12/17/2021

Not sure if I will keep doing this I start to write about one thing and end on something else its harder than I thought it would be. Up at 3:30 am wind howling 18 degrees. Checked on Colton he i...


December 17, 2021

12/16/21

Up early feed the horses for Colton a little chilly 33 degrees this this morning. He Wanted oatmeal poor kid, he ate it two glasses of milk to get it down, but he ate it, all he said was mom don...


December 16, 2021

12/15/2021

Colton came in my room about 3am woke me up not crying, but crying if that makes sense Me: you ok Colton: are you mad at me Me: of course not Colton: disappointed Me: never could happen Colton...


December 13, 2021

12/13/2021

Still not sure how or what to say so many thought flying around, but maybe in time I will figure it out and vent on here until then just getting in the habit of writing something I pretty sure I’...


December 11, 2021

12/11/2021

Still don’t have a clue how to do this. Do I write like I’m talking to someone or just type what pops into my head, write what was said, talk about my day. Maybe stop making it harder than it is ...


December 10, 2021

12/10/2021

Long day. Still not sure how doing this if I just type what is going though my head, I’m sure it will make no sense if are when I ever read it. The day started like always feeding horses. Got sid...


December 01, 2021

no ideal

Ok, not sure about this I keep getting told find a place to vent don’t hold it in. So guess I will give it a try. It’s been a long two months since Cary passed. It’s still not even sure of the wo...


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