Lucky

Today's Twisted Sister Challenge was to create a card that brought back a memory.

I grew up on a family farm. My dad has been a farmer for 54 years. When I was about 7 my dad took me to the local sale barn to buy me a spring calf. He took me out to the back of the barn and showed me all of the calves and said pick any one you want. I saw a little black calf with a white face. He was adorable. My dad said now you get to get a number and bid on him. So off we went. Now mind you there were hundreds of calves in this lot. So we sit down and I have my number. I am all proud. Calves were sold for around $25. The bidding starts and calf after calf sells for around that price. It comes time for me to bid. I bid $20..$25..$30..$50..$100... Someone else wanted this calf too. My dad saw how much I wanted that baby calf. He bought that calf for $125. 5 times the amount the other calves all went for. I am still to this day amazed that my dad let me do this. He could have so easily made me quit bidding and bought another calf for less...

I named that calf Lucky. I think I was the lucky one.....

This is one of my favorite memories of my dad and I...


I changed my Riley to a Riletta.. LOL. I needed a girl hugging that calf.

Have a great stamping day...