Crying over spilled milk (The Honorary Horse) | VLOG
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Hey ya'll, I'm Jess from Roots & Refuge Farm
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There was a time that all I wanted in the world was a little farm where I could raise my family and grow our food. Now, that is exactly what exists outside my door. In watching it unfold, a new dream was formed in my heart - to share this beautiful life with others and teach them the lessons we've learned along the way. Welcome to our journey, friend. I am so glad you're here.
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" Really I just love being alive." Beautiful. May we all be so blessed 🙏🏾
Literally clicked on the comments to say just that♥️
The antidote to most influencers
I will never forget the day my oldest son walked in from his last day of high and I broke down in pent up tears. He asked me “mom, why are you crying now, I don’t graduate till Friday”. I couldn’t even answer him. For just an instant I saw the little boy he used to be coming through the door and then he morphed into that full grown man. He graduated from college two weeks ago and I had the same feelings. I saw the tiny 3lb 9oz baby that first made me a mom in the scariest moments of my life. I saw all the things we never thought we would get to experience. It’s such a bitter sweet moment. But seeing them spread their wings and fly is goals we were striving for during all those sleepless nights and all those firsts. Enjoy the moments momma, and know you did your job well! It’s not just his accomplishments but yours as well. ❤
I’m sitting here, reading your post, and I’m all choked up myself. Nothin like a mamas love (and sentimentality) 🥰
Oh I felt the same way, exactly! I cried for months missing my little (6’2”) boy!
I'm going through the same thing. My 1lb 13 oz baby is now graduating high school in 1 week. We are so blessed to see these precious moments!
My son has been graduated from high school for years and I'm crying reading this. He finished his doctorate last summer and his daddy and I had the privilege of watching him defend his dissertation. We homeschooled through his AA and, as he hugged my neck, he whispered in my ear, "We did it, Mom." I rather lost it in front of a lot of his friends and his advisor. We didn't care.
You never really stop being a parent. You plow a lot of time into rearing them knowing that the goal is for them to be independent, productive, stable adults of character. We are now good friends as well. For us, the cycle has started over with the birth of our grandson. I look forward to the day he can join us in the wood shop.
Haha that picture in my head of a little goat running with horses, ears flapping in the wind.... hilarious!
Yes we all want to see that now!!! ❤😂
Hopefully Jess will be able to get a video of them all running around together. 😃
My youngest (of 7) is graduating from high school next week and leaving for college this fall. So many emotions of all the lasts I'm experiencing right now!! Big hugs for you, Jess ❤
Congratulations to Jackson on graduation and congratulations to Jess and Miah on raising your son to be the man he will be, it's an amazing thing to hold a new born baby and watch them grow up and we grow with them. ❤
Jess would be an amazing children's book author. The honorary house would be an amazing story
JESS!! I absolutely love your enthusiasm for your farm!! I hope it continues blessing you and your family🕊🕊🕊🕊🕊
I was raised on a horse farm. The thunderous sound of their hooves pounding the earth moves me to emotional crying everytime I hear it. 🥹❤️
That's just really hilarious about Whit running with the horses! And such wonderfully poetic words about motherhood. You really have a way with words Jess. Your story telling skill is one of the things that makes your channel sit at a whole other level than most.
Jess, love your videos. You have so much joy in your presence now! I could listen to you all day long.
Central texas here. I harvested 10 cups (chopped) of rhubarb from the garden yesterday. Got my first batch of strawberry rhubarb jam in the canner right now ❤ only took 2 cups of rhubarb and 2 cups strawberries. So i have 8 cups left to either can up or cook with 😊😊
Once when I was pregnant, I poured orange juice over my cereal without thinking about it. Ugh! When our minds get so full and we're thinking of other things, we can do the silliest things.
Oh, my goodness - Bear is hilarious. He Knows he's not supposed to be there and doesn't even try to be friends until he's back on the porch (at least that's the way it looks in this video. LOL
cheers to Witt becoming one of the herd!😉🐴
When my grandson graduated, I started crying while he was walking up to receive his diploma and continued until after the ceremony was over. I was just filled with pride and happiness for him. I won't forget those emotions. Memories
The sound of horses hooves are definitely worth a stop and listen. Growing up we had over 7 horses at a time, and when riding it was like I became lost in that world. Listening to the hooves, hearing them breathe. All my worries and thoughts just melted away. Mother nature and God's animals do that for me still to this day! 43 and I will lay my head on my dairy cow and feel just a release and I wanna cry. It's something that unless you feel it, it can't be perfectly explained! To be alive and to get to experience LIFE and all that is has to offer all the way down to the buzzing of the bees that are helping polinate my garden is a beautiful thing! Thanks for reminding me of the emotions and the joys I experience everyday. Bless you and your family Jess and anyone else who might read this!
Very well said.
Jess your hair is so pretty at end of video! Those goats & kittens are so cute!🥰 Congrats to you & Miah on 1st graduate of your children, you should be so proud!🥲
Amazing how quickly the time went🙏🏼🕊️😍
Whit. "One of the gang" love it
I always think of expressing for my twins when I hear the term ‘don’t cry over spilt milk’ because damn that was hard work, and spilling it is heartbreaking!
How I love you Jess! I don’t dare change the way I do things or I’ll screw it up! I’ve done the same type of thing! Pour out what you want, keep what isn’t necessary….This Grandma in Virginia understands perfectly how things are…..you get a routine, you change it and OOPS! Tomorrow is another day! I know you and that won’t happen to you again! No worries…..you’ve got this! And all you do! I definitely bless you every time I see a video! If anyone ever said they love life, they couldn’t say it as well as you do! I love life….but I’m almost 75 and appreciate it more now than I ever did! You figured it out very fast! And it just keeps getting better! ❤❤❤
The older I get the more happy I am to be alive. Used to sweat the small stuff...not any more. What a blessing to live a life of hard, satisfying work with such beauty thrown in for good measure...just have to look for it sometimes! Blessings, Marie
You are adorable.
So well said. The horses, the "finish" of one part of a child's life and the "start" of their next, the spilt milk (that really is one of those moments LOL but we have ALL done something like that!).
Love that Wit is doing well with the horses!
Feel ya on the spilt milk.
Made me think about when I was pumping breast milk.
8:53 Ok, now I am crying. Uriah graduated 2 weeks ago, Asher just made his decision to go down to Cal Poly Pomona for school and leaves mid-summer... I get you so so much!
OH NO heartbreaking to dump the milk!:😅😂
I cannot unfeel the feelings of each child graduating high school. I have one who just passed his finals for 10th grade, so I have just a couple more years until I am going through those feelings again - and for the last time for the same occasion. Also cannot take back the gasp when it was realized that was MILK going down the drain instead of soapy water! Oh my goodness - Proof that the old adage "old habits die hard" is never truer than when you THINK you've replaced the old habit. Thank you for sharing, though Jess. I am glad you were able to laugh about it, and glad you have other days' milk "stocked up" so this oops didn't hurt quite so badly maybe. And what you said about the plants after a rain and the sound of the horse hooves - all so true for me, too! So HUGS from NW Georgia and I'm glad I got the chance to see your video today!
Dad used to keep a goat with his huge throughbred race horses, always said they were the best companions! 😂
Your cow photo is beautiful! ❤
Lovevthe video
I had my oldest daughter the month before I turned 20. I’ve never been an “adult” without having kids in tow. She and I grew up together. We’ve figured out life together. We’ve had the ups and downs together. I am SO thankful God brought her into my life so early.
Lady, you are a ray of sunshine! ❤ You're positively infectious 😊. Thank you for explaining how to steward your animals in a way non-farm folk can appreciate what they see on your homestead. My garden is getting overwhelming at the moment, but I know I got this. 😂 What 6 ft walkways? My melons are taking over ❤
Jess, this break has done wonders!!! Your joy,excitement , passion and peace are so wonderful to see!! Enjoy these wonderful celebrations, your road trips and of course the burden of abundance ❤
Dang it Jess! Gotta make us all cry first thing this morning! Bless you and your family!
Thank you for sharing your life with use Jess.
I too had my first son in my teens. I also bubbled with pride at his graduation. Thank you for reminding me of those fond memories.
As just last year I lost that same young man my son to a drug overdose at 32 yo.
I only say this to empathize I too having a lotta big emotions but my faith is strong..
I admire your dedication to your audience and that you also are taking care of yourself.
Im learning As a mom as a women or simply a humane being self care is very important.
And Sir Wit has himself a pretty good gig at Roots and Refuge. That handsome little guy has got me a little jealous. 🥰
Be free little goat Run little goat run with your new beautiful majestic farm friends. Ahhhh! What a life. 🥰
As always Jess. Thank you for being a light in my life and thank you for being you. ❤️🙏
Jess, I just have to say that you have looked so glowy and gorgeous lately!
Because y'all will relate- i just pulled a 4lb 10oz (after loose, buggy outer leaves were stripped) napa cabbage from my garden. Weeping over it like a child right now! I have been gardening for YEARS but this is my first full size cabbage from seed. Brassicas are tough in GA sometimes, friends, but we made it!
I have cried over spilled milk. I milk goats also. And this was to be for the 20 kids and it was a nightmare. Ahh 😖I watch and be so much more careful when I milk. Thank you for sharing. Till next time God Bless.
Thank you for sharing your morning and your experiences 🤗♥️♥️♥️
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Oh no! I would by crying over the milk. How frustrating. Routines are routines and they are sometimes hard to change up. I love that the little baby goat is now one of the horse pack! How cute!
I too love the sound of my 4 horses running through their field❤. However the child like excitement of it all is short lived because I remember I have to pay their vet bills not them, Then I look like a crazy woman yelling at my horses to make better choices or they will live the rest of their lives bubble wrapped in a stall 🤣
Soon as I saw the white in the sink I knew that switched buckets had tripped you up 😅 glad you took it in stride tho I would have definitely cried
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Just a minute, darlin! I gotta go milk my goat, feed the pigs, and get back in before the next round of storms...oh crap. I should have already been out there. It's sprinkling again here in SE OK. Soggy days.
I feel your pain with the milk! Just about a week ago, I was milking my cow. I had about 3/4 of a bucket full and she stepped her foot RIGHT IN IT! All I could do was grab another bucket to finish milking her and say "Really cow? Did you have to do that?"
Oh! And it tipped over in the process, so I didn't even get to give it to my pigs DOH!
Bless you, Jess. I felt that when the milk was going down the drain…I did that with chicken broth I had just made. Strained it into the sink without the pot. 🤷♀️ what can you do haha. I love the morning after the rain as well! Toast makes me happy every time I see her following you for milk ❤ Bear is one good pup, even if he sometimes doesn’t make the best farm dog choices haha.
Ah I remember pumping breast milk for my baby, and then forgetting to switch it to the freezer bag, and mindlessly dumping it down the drain accidentally as I washed the pump bottles in the same way you did that goat milk. Wanted to cry over dumped milk! I feel you! Love you Jess!
We have Jerseys- we cry if the milk is spilled! 😂❤😢 congratulations mom, well done and many blessings in this new season.
Jess, you just make my day, with your big smile, and little chats. I really missed your daily chats, but everyone needs a break sometimes. Glad you’re back!
Aw! I’m so sorry you poured the milk down the drain!
I’m taking all the tips on handling graduation. My son will be a sophomore and I’m already teary thinking about graduation.
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My daughter graduated high school one weekend and got married the next. It was a short engagement and I didn’t handle it well. (I had her at 19). My son-in law and I are close (now 😂) and we both admit we all have grown a lot since then. I am so proud of them both and, looking back, wouldn’t change a thing.
My young teenage daughters are watching with me and they said Whit is a pick me 😂😂 they finally used that word in a way I can understand 😂😂
I’m dying. That’s so fantastic.
I feel this 💕
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I love that you recognize that Bear is a dog and yes he's a member of the family but it's the humans job to be in charge. It keeps everyone safe.
I'm a first time mum, I watched this while nursing my 4 month old. The tears were rolling thinking about being at the “start” of the journey and you processing the “finish” ❤ I pulled myself together to leave you a comment and now I’m reading the comment from other mums 😭😭😭😭 sending you love Jess. Thank you for sharing your experiences ❤
Dumping the milk instead of the wash water...that's so me,! My attention span is sometimes thar of a gnat! Often dump the spaghetti instead of the water and other such brain not braining things lol😂
We got a good soaking rain yesterday and last night.The first in a good bit. And I am definitely feeling how satiated our lil' homestead is feeling this morning. ☺️ Thanks for always sharing your deep appreciation for how magical it really is to live on this beautiful Earth of ours, Jess!
Good morning from Oregon xoxoxoxo🥰🥰
I didn’t think anyone else got so sentimental over the last packed lunch. 😢💕
Awwww Whit - that is the CUTEST thing to hear!!! love this.
I was a baby having a baby at 17. She is 26 now with a 6 month old of her own. Time flies by. I would cry over the milk too. Lol 😢
I'm glad you come back to bless us, 🙌 it bring me joy every time 🙏 ❤TTFN Marianne 🌻
❤Jess
Your kids will Always need you just in different ways. I started young have a 43,40,31,27 and 6 grandchildren I'm 60 and my 1st granddaughter is graduating with her masters from university first in our family. You have many memorable times ahead cherish each it goes so fast.❤ from eastern Colorado
I love the picture of Hope. 😊
Being a Mom or Parent for that matter is the most important job we will ever have. Be thankful for Gods Grace that helped you both to not only survive but excel ❤ blessings
Love the Wit story! And you remind me of myself with the pouring the milk down the drain as well as other things! But if we can't laugh later we are a sorry lot! LOL!
Loves the house and baby goat story, very cute and he gets a cookie too. 🥰
Yay Jackson!
I sobbed like someone passed away the day I dropped off my oldest at her college, 7 hours away! You’re proud of them, though knowing the mother child relationship will now be mother and young adult. A whole new journey for both of you. Many Blessings to Him and you on your new journey separate though together!!
It’s the hard work and living with these animals, knowing how much work their bodies put into producing for their young and for us. I feel horrible when I drop a fresh egg knowing a little hen had to pop that big thing out ❤️most of us don’t get that understanding from store bought produce
Jess if you like running horses you need to watch "Man from the Snowy River" 1982 film. You will love it. Ohhh Jess so sorry about the milk😮😢.
Store bought milk still tastes like a disappointment 😂
My oldest, who I had at 19, graduated last year and he is about to finish his first year at university and come home for summer. And I echo all the feelings you shared- I have never been an adult without also being a parent. My overwhelming emotion on watching him enter adulthood is pride. Mainly pride for him because he has done so well to set himself up for success and he is such a wonderful man. And also pride for myself and my partner because it is no small feat to raise a baby while also raising yourself. I hope you are also experiencing that feeling of accomplishment and joy in yourself 🖤
I have always felt the same way. Congratulations you made it.
Your story about Witt is the sweetest thing…!!!!!
I am glad he has horse buddies.
What posted 1 minute ago? I’ve never been this early!
I really respect the way you view the situation with Bear and your guardian.
The smell and feel of an area after a good deep soaking rain is so vibrant and abundant. One of my favorite times. I hear you on the spilled milk. I have done something similar with many things and the frustration at my own brain is real.
Thank you for the mom emotions, the goof up, and the blessings.
You just brought back all the years of seeing my 7 step into adulthood. Of course I cried all over again. Such a bitter sweet time of life.😊
I always tell mommas that they can cry over spilled breastmilk because that’s HARD work!
I wish I could show you what you have inspired me to do with my 3 acres ❤❤❤ Thanks for helping me acknowledge my dreams and make them happen! You were my inspiration!! My husband on the other hand, would prefer I stop watching you(jk) he’s actually become quite the carpenter! Thanks love! You too Sweet Jeremiah!
Laughing! My husband would prefer me not watching Jess, too! Can't count the times I've said, 'Hey, I've got a new plan...' 😂
I have 1 amazing son. I wanted 2-3 kids but unfortunately life had other plans for us.
Hey Lovely, it's Shanna. I sent you a FB message on your personal account about you coming to the Homesteaders of New England conference in September!
I want to buy a cow from you, if that's ever a possibility. I've been living in my waiting room for years and just thought I'd put it 'out there'. Thanks for everything you do, Jess! ❤ 🐮
Hehe... My kids messed with my setting on TH-cam and my auto captions were describing the sounds of the farm as 'music' and the sheep in the background as 'applause'. Love it.
Hey Hess, notty Toast ,can't 😢over spilled milk!
Im so glad Whit loves his new buddies,he must of looked ao adorable🤭!
Congratulations first born on your graduation,Kudos🎉
JO JO IN VT 💞
Yeah I have CRIED OVER MILK. I was pumping for my twins in the NICU and fell asleep and it all dumped out! Today my cow put her foot into my milking jar! Ohh how we can laugh later but in the middle..
Would you post a link to the web site for the Farmer's Market? Thanks!
Awww, Whit being one of the (horse) gang!❤❤❤ this makes me happy.😊
I will forever see “Don’t cry over spilled milk” the same again. Thank you for that. I never would have thought that, and as far as I’m concerned this has to be the truth. It just makes sense.😅
It seems that Toast dumping over the bucket of "milk scraps" was a foretelling of you dumping it down the sink. 😆
My youngest is graduating tomorrow. The baby we decided to have because the current youngest was 10! I feel ALL the emotions as well. 🥰
That phrase makes all the sense in the world know that I milk! 😂 13:08
Thank you for acknowledging the emotional impact of our kids graduating. My youngest just graduated. It has been rough.
When you mentioned about packing his last lunch, I chuckled. Mine was homeschooled all the way through and just got his first full time job. I was thinking this morning that I now get to pack his lunch- which I never got to do before. And yes, I’m doing it, because we take baby steps around here and it’s a joy. (Except he did graduate, turn 18, get a job, and open a checking account all within 2 weeks… 🤣)
Love you Jess! My baby boy just turned 18. The most grateful experience of my life is being a mother. Every little bit of this journey ❤️. Bless you
Love watching your videos and congratulations on your oldest graduating. I was 19 when I had my oldest. Nowadays having my 4 children and 10 grandkids and 2 great grandsons I am so much in Love with all of them. But your first has a very special spot in your heart. We all make mistakes but at least you are smiling. Please continue with your videos. Even little is a blessing for me to see. Love you guys. ❤️
Beautiful visit with you & realize us humans are perfect in the eyes of God (even though we make mistakes sometimes). Congratulations, Jackson, on your completion of your school years & may your future be inspiring & supportive people! Blessings to all 🤗🇨🇦
"Really I just love being alive" 😁 Same, Jess. My partner and I are always saying things like that too, and then, just to clarify, everything is our favourite, we love it all, I think it's a moment by moment thing. Right now this thing is just filling us to overflowing, and then later it's something else. Just being present and so grateful, always.
Wow, Jess. You really hit me in the feels talking about your baby, Jackson. I too had my first baby young (18) and I’ve never had a moment as an adult where he wasn’t my baby boy. He’s 19 now and stationed in South Carolina in the Navy and although it’s been such a beautiful time to see him become a man, it’s by no means easy to have him leave my little nest. But that’s motherhood, right? It’s so rewarding but often in slightly painful ways ❤ blessings to you and Jackson in this next season. It’s tough but so worth it. And a sweet side effect is that more than ever I cherish the time I have left with my baby girls under my roof ❤