Lessons Learned (or not)

About this episode

Bobbie Emery reflects on the life lessons learned from her mother and the contrasting behavior of farm animals.

Everything I know about fashion I learned from my mom. She wasn’t a stickler for rules, and she was really good at letting us find our own way, but I can still hear her voice gently guiding me, “the seams go on the inside, and the tags belong in the back.” To this day I do my best to heed her advice, but I’m a farmer, I wake up before dawn and when I get dressed in the dark, I figure I have a 50/50 chance of having the tag where it’s supposed to be - the seams though pretty much do what they want. But surely the most important lessons I learned from her were the ones she never taught. She never preached about being a good, ethical and kind person, she just was. She never instructed us on how to be a good neighbor and a responsible member of society, she just lived it. She was kind, honest, and true and we learned from watching. Our chickens, on the other hand, are anything but kind. They can be very judgmental, and anything even remotely out of the norm, they chase out of the coop, beat up - and kill if given half a chance. Baby chicks pay attention and learn how to stay alive. The moms scratch at the ground and when they uncover something absolutely delicious like a slug or a…

People in this episode

Host: Bobbie Emery

Topics covered

• fashion
• parenting
• life lessons
• animal behavior
• kindness
• society

Keywords

• fashion
• life lessons
• kindness
• animal behavior
• parenting

Mentioned in this episode

Products: chickens, sows, piglets, slugs, worms

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