My husband, whom I'll call Coondog, and I have a 1 year old girl that I'll call Ladybug. She has completely changed our lives. I lost my job in the city shortly after returning from maternity leave and that spurred us to finally make the big move to the country that we'd talked about our whole marriage. We wanted to raise our little girl where she had room to roam and clean air to breathe. It had taken me a couple years to decide that I wanted to live in the country but it's always been Coondog's dream. Now that we're here, we all love it.
Coondog was born to live out here. He always felt hemmed in in the city. Now he starts each day looking across green fields at wooded mountains. That view is half of why we bought our house. He loves exploring just to see what's there. One day, he turned a corner around some trees and came face to face with a buck. I've seen many deer since we've moved, but never a buck. He said it was so cool at just stare at one for awhile as it stared back but then it turned and disappeared into more trees. Talk about communing with nature!
Coondog stays at home with Ladybug since we wanted to keep one parent home and I found a job here first. They have all kinds of outdoor fun. They take long hikes in the woods and bring home lots of "treasures" in the form of rocks. Give Ladybug some rocks, sticks and dirt to play with and she's a happy camper. I accepted long ago that her clothes will not stay clean for more than 1 minute after we walk out the door.
All in all, it's a good life and I'm so glad I share it with my Coondog and Ladybug.
-Mama Mabel
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