The Mother Ranch Blog

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 I ...

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 the ...

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 split li...

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, eyes sparkl...

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 alternatively what that mea...

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!
 

This week a broken ankle AND foot and a new little "zine" (a tiny handmade magazine.) I follow someone making these awhile back and was taken with the idea so I thought I'd try it. Scroll down below t...

A few weeks ago (I wrote this pre-surgery) I was visiting my mom who seemed pretty down in the dumps. That's to be expected with cancer and a degenerative and debilitating back issue. Because of the b...