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New home on the farm

A family that moves to a home in the country they never looked at. A home that is not what they expected.

By Tanika StimpsonPublished 3 years ago 3 min read
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New home on the farm
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In the Summer a family of four, with a mother named Jannet who is thirty years old and a teacher, a father named Bob, thirty-five years old and an engineer and their two children son named James ten years and in school and daughter named Sarah, eight years in school and loves gardening. The family had gone on their road trip to a new home they started moving from the city to the country; they saw this as an adventure. The family was excited to move somewhere different out of their comfort zone. On their road trip, the family sang songs, played games to keep each other occupied, and bond as a family. The father then asked the family a question "what do we expect our new home to be like?" Everyone had stated what they expected from their new home; Sarah said she would like lots of animals and an old barn-like in her favourite story, Charlotte web. Sarah's family all smiled and said, that sounds beautiful.

When they arrived at the new home, they were excited to see a white country home with a blue roof made of metal, a maple tree outside the front of the house and a stone path to the front door. They all then saw a big old red barn with its paint fading away. The children ran to the barn in excitement to check it out, and they saw old work tools with the inside of the barn all dirty with cobwebs.

Whilst the children were looking around the barn, the parents started unloading the car into their new home. Jannet, the mother, went into the kitchen and made some lunch for the family; she then called out to the family, telling them that lunch was ready. The family ran inside for lunch. Whilst, the family, was sitting inside having lunch, the children asked the parents for an animal to live in the barn and give love to And for them to care for it.

The next day the family went for a drive to look at animals to buy and take to their new home. The family found a beautiful horse that was white with black spots. They then loaded the horse onto a trailer and took the horse home. When they arrived home, they had a ride on the horse around the house. Once they had finished riding, they place the horse into their barn. The parents then also looked around the barn; they then found an owl in the top corner of the barn. They thought the owl was such a beautiful white owl. They left the owl alone and said, this is its home too. This owl was white with minor black marks on its feathers; the owl was also hiding a nest with baby owls in it. The family had no idea about the baby owls or the nest.

Sarah has an expansive imagination. She would draw all kinds of things, and she would also draw animals in different scenarios. Sarah would then sit in the barn drawing with her horse and the owl. Sarah would always keep food near her and feed the owl some food and feed the horse some carrots and apples whenever she was sitting in the barn. Sarah's brother would annoy her now and then, and that's why Sarah would sit in the barn. He would ride on his bike with his friends in school and get up to mischief with his friends.

On weekends the family would have family nights to play board games and care for the animals together as a family. They also started a big beautiful garden using aquaponics, where they would use fish to care for the plants and use different stuff to hold the plants instead of soil. The family was huge into organic gardening. They grew all kinds of fruits and vegetables and never used pesticides in their garden.

By Zdeněk Macháček on Unsplash

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About the Creator

Tanika Stimpson

My name is Tanika im a single mum to a beautiful boy. My blogs are about mine and my son’s life. My son and I are currently doing this while fundraising for JDRF by doing the JDRF One Walk.

We will be sharing updates on my son’s service dog.

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