Milana became Jennifer's shadow. She constantly held Jennifer's hand, waited for her by the bathroom door, and even went for a nap even though she stopped napping business two years ago. They drew pictures together, read books, harvested beans and rhubarb, fed chickens and donkeys, picked eggs and baked pies. Jennifer became Milana's Mom for a week.
The last night before we left Milana was very upset. She didn't want to go and cried asking us: "Why do we have to leave this farm? Why do we have to go to another farm? Why, Mom?"
I tried my best to explain to her that we had to move on with our travels, that there would be other farms that she would have great time and meet new friends and have a lot of fun. She looked at me with her beautiful blue jewels and calmly, but firmly said: "But I like Jennifer's farm the most! It is my favorite farm!".
At 11:36 am we pulled out from Granny's Farm's driveway having 6,419 miles into our trip. A bottle of blackberry wine (that we decided to save for Christmas), a CD with Sandy's music and a book by John Seymour "The concise Guide to Self-Sufficiency", were the special gifts we were presented with by Larry and Sandy. Thank you! And we hope to have YOU wwoof on our farm one day!
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