Our two cousins came to visit this weekend. It's alot like the "city mouse" and the "country mouse". Not meaning that in a bad-way, just simply there are two different lifestyles between them and us.
Well, the temperature dropped the first night they were here...and that meant firing up the woodstove for heat. That was pretty wonderful! Your whole house is heated by one woodstove? Yep.
THERE'S MORE! Our Fabulous Aunt and Uncle came for a visit...and brought store-bought-in-a-box cereal!!! Apparently this is a big deal in your house. Yep.
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
What no one counted on is: because of the temperature drop, the doe-lings didn't want cold bellies, and nursed off the milk-goat all night. So, after milking the goat, we had about a quarter cup of milk in the morning....
We were going to be eating dry cereal for breakfast.
You actually eat the goat's milk on cereal? Yep.
It brought the Wife to thought...here are two children who are experiencing a life totally foreign from their own world. We don't buy our milk at a store, we light a fire for the heat, and we only have store-bought-in-a-box cereal when Fabulous Aunt and Uncle bring it....
What would our children be like in their world?
For a couple days the cousins had to do without a bunch of modern comforts (privacy would be a big one in our family), and they had a great time (and very little sleep). What would our children have to do without in their world?
Like the "city mouse" and the "country mouse" discovered, there's beauty in all places. To find contentment right where you are is a thing you should never do without.
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