As if to illustrate the deep and enduring meaning of Mother's Day, one of my girls, my wild turkey girls that is, has hatched in the past few days, a crop of tiny turkeys. I can only assume this one single mother must have gotten a little wilder than perhaps was advised, and now she is paying the price, forced to raise a large family on her own. Turkeys raising turkeys!
The sting of illegitimacy has driven her out of the pack and into my backyard where she can be seen here scratching out a living with a few of her brood.
Where was family planning? And will she be able to turn her life around despite having taken this reproductive detour?
My mind goes to these and other burning questions.
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