One thing about ranch life you never know what would happen as far as accidents. I was outside stacking hay into a bale shelter that I had made. We had no bale barn yet. It kept the bales dry in all kinds of weather and the bales were very well aerated. As I stacked them four high my neighbors were out in front of their house talking and chatting and doing yard work. Very rarely were they ever out in their front yard. As I pushed the top bale in from its side I stepped back thinking I was standing on the ground but in reality, I was standing on a bale to give me height. I fell on my back as like a feather bed and instantly got up laughing at myself. When the incident happened the neighbors immediately dispersed and didn’t come back out for the rest of the day. Which didn’t matter I was done with that project. 😊

Not too long within the year, our Quonset barn was built and then again I’m up on a pallet moving a bale around to feed the horses. I’m being very careful because I don’t want another accident like the one before when I was outside. I lost my balance anyways and fell sideways. My head went first and then my full body fell. My head landed softly like on a feather pillow and my body did the same like on a cushion. God is good 😊 God is very good😊

I’m in the Quonset barn again. All the doors are closed and I’m going to start the BBQ. I always check the knobs to make sure they are on off. This time I didn’t do it and turned on the propane tank. I heard the hissing of the propane and didn’t think anything about it. I took my time getting the lighter wand and when I crouched down at the level of the tank I smelled the propane full force. I still didn’t think anything about it and when I clicked the lighter wand on, immediately a pair of spinnaker feathered wings covered my face and body. I’m able to still see the wings and the outline of the feathers as of now. In an instant, there was a checklist in my mind as all that I had accomplished. My life was complete and I was ready to go home and be with Jesus. The propane explosion went all around me like a total puff of flames. Very quickly I turned the tank knob off and stood up. I had been ready to see and be with Jesus. I was angry with my God for not taking me home to be with Him. I eventually reasoned God had other things for me to do. So I fell silent and kept the faith in the Praise and Glory of my God. 😊