at the fair yesterday... in between competitions, the 4H children, were able to witness cows giving birth. there were five cows ready to birth at any moment... and when one was ready... all the kids were called in and rounded up to watch. myself included. such a miracle! tommie was in awe. totally engrossed. as were all the children. what a wonderful opportunity to learn about life. the cow above needed help... it was her first birth. hence, the help. two men and one young teenaged girl helped pull. it took maybe a half an hour... and at the end much information was learned about the placenta... which was HUGE! i was happy to be the one... to explain and answer questions about giving birth and how normal it all was. and, how God has such a divine plan in everything... including the umbilical cord of a cow! not to mention, the good farmers helping a helpless animal! after the calf was born, one of the dairy farmers gently slapped the calf and picked it right up and laid it directly in front of it's mom. immediately, the cow licked, prodded and loved on it's little calf. much like i did the second tommie was born. i kissed him immediately... didn't even wait for him to be cleaned up. then i sat up and ate a piece of pizza... i too, felt well enough after giving birth, to walk back down to my room and go home. does this mean i am part cow?

what a great day we experienced!