Stage one; born helpless, life sustained, by mother, or some other.
Stage two; the up’s and down’s, people laugh at, a little two-year-old clown, mom and dad frown.
Stage three; from the terrible twos to the terrifying teens, car, college, insurance, borrowed funds, on home, liens.
Stage four; kids broke, failure has become their yoke, upon hearing, dad has a stroke. But a blessing was to occur, the kids used their special talents to create incredible new utilities, money flowed in, the farm became a charm, gone was all fear and alarm.
