living stones: life lessons learned on the farm - Tapa blanda

This is a collection of true short stories about a city girl from Detroit who moved to the country in Tennessee. There she began accumulating farm animals including goats, horses and dogs, and with them came experiences and insights that were journaled. A photo collection also accompanies the stories. Two goals are hopefully accomplished when reading the vignettes: first, knowledge is gained about various farm animals and the care they require. Second, personal spiritual life lessons are learned and shared relating to the experiences. It is the hope of the writer that urban readers will come away with new insights into country living. Rural readers will relate to the stories and their own experiences. And any reader would have spiritual reflections on how God uses any everyday situation to reveal Himself to us and bring us closer to Him.

During Laurel's midlife years God relocated her and her family from Detroit, Michigan to the country in Tennessee where she and her husband decided to purchase a hobby farm to experience farm living. LIttle did she realize that God had much to say to her through her experiences with these animals. Laurel inves on 13 acres with her husband and 2 children, 8 horses, 2 goats, 7 chickens, 6 cats and 3 dogs. She is an adult nurse practitioner and enjoys competing in western dressage.