The Mother Ranch Blog

I saw this on Facebook and I really needed it, thought you might need to see this too. I got a lot done this week and feel like I'm starting to get somewhere finally (business wise.) I also did a...

 OMG you guys! Whoooohoooo! The girl goat barn and nighttime pen is OFFICIALLY DONE! Yes! Happy dance! It's fenced all the way around with wire knot/no climb horse fence which means baby goats...

This week we bred Charlotte! That's a fun way to start a newsletter isn't it? Charlotte has been with us a year now and will be a second time mom (first time for us though.) She was bred to Poppy...

Last week I promised to take pictures of the goats I'm going to breed and it seems that's easier said than done. Not the greatest photos so I've added some older ones too. I will post about them as...

Some of you had asked what was going on with my daughter and her new transitional placement. I created this last week:

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After a tough week of RAD sadness, I wrote this. The more I see and read in the Reactive Attachment Disorder/RAD world, the angrier I am. I want people to know what's going on. I want them to see...

A member of our clan was killed this week.
She was a good mom,
an advocate for her children.

There is a clan of women
with abusive children,
hiding underground.
You don’t see our black eyes and...

She came into our home at 4 years old.
She was bright and sunny and funny and everyone who met her, loved her.
She crawled into friend's and family's and stranger’s laps grinning up at them,...

This week I realized the severity of caregiver burn out in my dad (he’s been in caregiver mode for a year, culminating in my mom’s massive back surgery a few weeks ago) and...

Love to all from the Mother Ranch,

Julia

If you want to make your own zine, here's a quick video on how to fold it from a sheet of printer paper!