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A daffodil is a symbol of hope, of
spring.
A daffodil is a symbol of the
Easter promise of eternal life.
The first spring we lived here on
the farm, I was overjoyed to
discover that the long bank that
bordered the back yard was almost
bursting with daffodils.
They were mostly those old*
fashioned, early, double-bloom
types, and had obviously been
there quite a long time, probably
planted by the fanner’s grand
mother who had lived here many
years ago.
Rugged and enduring, those
bulbs would send up the earliest
blooms of the season, often waving
their fluffy yellow heads in the
biting wind, jutting out of a
covering of late winter snow.
Over the years, the look of the
yard was changed. Lightning
destroyed the ancient walnut tree,
and willows took over the empty
spot. Pine, forsythia, pussywillow
and perennial borders are now a
familiar part of the landscape.
But while many have been
moved, others shared, some lost
and some replaced with newer
varieties, descendants of those old
fashioned daffodils still poke their
green shoots up through the ground
each spring, and color the first
yellow tones in the flower beds.
Like their hardy ancestors, they
defiantly bloom despite ice,
freezing rains, chilling winds and
those occasional late, wet snows.
To me, those daffodils are
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Nature’s symbol of the Easter
promise.
Like our faith, sometimes they
lie dormant, forgotten, ignored in
the overpowering rush of our day
to-day lives.
But always their promise is
there, if we just take time to look.
Dig into the soil, at any season, and
that duster of bulbs will still be
there, ready to burst forth with
fresh new life when their proper
time comes.
Daffodils multiply best when
divided, spread around, shared
with others, and given an oc
casional boost of nourishment. But
left alone, untouched for years,
they’ll gradually grow so think,
dwelling within themselves, that
they will no longer bloom and bring
beauty.
Aren't we the same if we neglect
to share, to spread around, the
Easter promise of renewed life?
Like the daffodils, we need to
multiply the Easter promise by
dividing and sharing it with others,
planting its enduring beauty and
nourishing it with periodic feelings
of love.
May your Easter be abundantly
blessed with daffodils.
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is in eighth grade means that there
are not many other students
showing animals. Does it cause a
problem? “Some kids can’t
imagine showing, but they don’t
make fun of me,” Ellen says.
“When my friends are here after
school they help me feed the
sheep.”
The school has cooperated in
excusing her for shows where she
is an exhibitor, and Lorraine says
that teachers have always ex
pressed an interest in how well she
does when she shows.
Ellen says she doesn’t have any
problems doing her school work
along with her other respon
sibilities, but she says that in
variably she has a test on the day
after a 4-H meeting. She presently
serves the club as assistant
secretary.
Ellen plays the violin in the
junior high school orchestra, and is
active in the Junior Historians at
her school. She also is busy with
the Chickies United Methodist
Church youth group in Mount Joy.
the Woolies Club now has about
39 members, having grown in the
last three years since it broke
away from the Red Rose Baby
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interest in having sheep as a, show,” she says,
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it may be because, “You can start probably be one of those that other
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plains that the sheep do not quickly petition. This Spring’s lambing
outgrow the 4-H’er as larger season is one of many that she will
animals do. Lorraine points out experience as she continues to
that lambs can also be transported expand her Hampshire breeding
in cars, if necessary, eliminating flock
the need to own or rent a truck.
Sarah Fleener says sheep are
also less expensive to keep them
the larger project animals and can
be kept on smaller sized farms,
which makes them attractive to
children other than farm children.
Ellen feels she has been suc
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least in part because of her
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whole family is learning about the
sheep, and learning to handle them
correctly and to show them
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