Ed Gulley’s gofundme project went over $14,000 this morning, $4,000 over its goal. The creators of the fund have raised the goal to $25,000, and that’s great, but I hope to see the fund make it to $50,000 because that’s what I think the Gulleys will need as they plot this unexpected and frightening chapter of their long lives together.

Ed has inoperable brain cancer and he has declined further medical treatment. He is planning a cross-country RV trek to Montana and is eager to see the Dakotas. His family is taking over the operations of the farm while he travels and deals with his illness.

Ed and his very loving family will need some real support in the next few months, and I am going to push for the $50,000 mark, I know how the farmers rallied around Joshua Rockwood when his farm was threatened by dangerously misguided animal rights activists and I believe they will and are doing the same thing for Red.

Ed and Carol have worked all of their lives on the diary farm. They richly deserve this trip, and also a way to get their lives in order and deal with this painful new reality. You can follow their journey on the Bejosh Farm Journal.

You can find the gofundme project here. And thanks. I see so many of your names on the project donor list, it lifts my heart.  You give again and again, you are the reason we will get through these times together.