What I Learned About Survival and Motherhood from Two Lambs

Published: Oct. 12, 2022, 10:55 a.m.

b'Farmers aren\\u2019t supposed to get emotionally attached to their livestock. But when you suddenly find yourself caring for two newborn sheep, these things happen.\\xa0Outside\\xa0contributing editor A.C. Shilton had long dreamed of becoming a farmer when she and her husband\\xa0purchased a plot of land in Tennessee and began managing chickens and horses and cows. Then she\\xa0added a few sheep\\xa0with the idea of slowly raising a flock\\u2014and very unexpectedly came face-to-face with what she was really missing in her life.'