Saying goodbye to the homestead was not easy, This week I said goodbye to; the forty-acre farm we owned for over sixty years (since 1952) located in Elsie, Michigan. Across the forty acres included our three-bedroom, bathroom farm house that held all eight of us. We also had a barn, garage and chicken coop.  At one time we raised chickens, pigs, cows, rabbits, cats, dogs, and even a pet raccoon. Our chickens were original free-range, long before it was chic to eat organic.  Free-range back then meant dodging chicken poop in the backyard, along with the fun of being chased by a couple of overly aggressive roosters.  The…