Review: "Heartfelt Memories"
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
"Half Calf" is the first born calf on the author's small hobby farm in Florida.  I can well imagine the excitement when she was born.  Obviously being the first born, she was very special being a black Angus heifer. She became a favored pet, even though she could not fit through a doggie door!  Other than a few days struggling with a digestive ailment, she eventually grows to maturity and attracts the sordid attention of the neighbor's bull.  Needless to say, she is pregnant.  Hard times come for Half Calf, but the author and her husband do all they can to help her.  A tender story, sad if you can relate to this Half Calf experiencing the loss of her calf.  A short essay, very well written with much sensitivity. I would have liked to have read about some of the antics that calves often play with humans, such as sucking on your finger and then trying to get your finger released!  Or, just time spent maybe brushing the calf and crooning to her.  Try expanding the stories a little more with anecdotes.  I'm glad I read this because it brought back great memories of my own with livestock.