When Keeping a Family Cow Was Never in the Plans But Turned Out To Be Life-Changing for The Entire Family By Kody Hanner— The Homestead Education Like many people pursuing homesteading, we have a story. A story of the catalyst that threw us into an era of modern life that looks more like the days of our great-grandmothers rather than our peers, whom some of us have left behind. Without sounding too dramatic, we have seen a large portion of a generation dig in their heels and lead a massive cultural shift. One that says, “We were designed to put our families first.” And I am here for it! Just over eight years ago, my husband and I, with our newborn son, traveled to our closest Veterans hospital, almost four hours away, to find out why he had been having some stomach issues. Never, in our lives, did we think that we would be leaving there that day with a terminal diagnosis. When someone is told they may only have a year to live at just thirty-six years old, it changes them. And the...