Papa - ism #3

"That calf just ain't gonna grow!"

Papa says this about every runt calf. Most of the time we just laugh it off, but in this case, he was right. You might have seen a post a while back about Tiny Tim. He was our littlest steer calf born this season. He was born at 38lbs in early December. Despite being over 3 months old, he was still the smallest calf. He had a distended belly, but was thin everywhere else. We simply couldn't keep him warm enough during the last cold spell.

Life is so hard sometimes. We don't understand it, and it hurts when we lose a little one. Our spirits are down, and we fight to get through the day. Sweet little guy was so precious.