May I have your attention? Good. We have an announcement. And we'll have more coming up later this month! So, stay tuned. I haven't been writing. The busyness of the day, leaves me exhausted. Thoughts. Emotions. Tyranny of the urgent. I have run to the pen and paper and wrestled the thoughts there in a leather bound journal. Swirling, whirling ideas and feelings. These times are rich and full. Life. Graduations and new adventures. Visits with farmettes and their parents. The oldest pursuing a master's degree, the Nurse starting her job, the farm boy so busy with ... View Post
A Dog I didn’t Want
I didn't want him. I had no desire to have a dog. Definitely not an indoor dog. We live on a dairy farm; on a dirt road. I already struggle with a clean house and an indoor dog would not help. We had indulged our daughter with her purchase of a dog. Justified by small and hypo-allergenic. That sweet puppy, Pemberly, was hit by a car and died in my arms. 2 weeks later our son died in the middle of the night with me no where near. 2 months later my farmer was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and began a fight for his life. So getting a puppy or taking care of another ... View Post
Growing Up on a Farm
Growing up on a farm- I don't know what it's like; What the kids feel or think. . . Most talk about farming in the past. Nostalgically. Few enter the business. We're a 3rd generation farm. Probably the last. I ponder these things. Our Farm Boy is turning 20 today. He's adventurous and so talented. He's creative, and resourceful. Yet he's aching and longing for ways that are not our own. We want small and intimate. Community and connection. He wants bigger, better and faster. And the two worlds collide and there's ache on both sides. Growing up on a Farm. I don't know ... View Post
What Is This Longing I Feel Deep In My Soul?
I feel the longing, deep in my soul. I haven't felt that ache in a long time. It is gripping and searing hot. Photos of mom. Mother's Day. A beautiful post by Ann Voskamp. The searing, hot feeling lingers. The tears slip down my cheek. Oh, how I miss my mom. I long to see her. Her last months on this earth were agonizing. The ravages of cancer took her appetite, strength and voice. Yet it never touched her spirit. Confined to a wheel chair do to lack of strength, she stood, with arms raised high to praise our God at her grandsons baptism. Her spirit was a gift. Her ... View Post
Yesterday Was A Day of Things
I did a thing yesterday. Actually a few things. Different things. Different for me anyway. I cleared off this table. For me, this is a big deal. Surfaces tend to get cluttered here. There is always book work needing to be done. Checks to write. Money to move around. Balancing. Praying. Keep those plates spinning. Don't let them drop. Mail, letters, lists, calendars. All pile up. Then dinner time arrives and the piles are pushed to the end of the table or piled higher. Because dinner is a rush to get to the next thing. It is a daily battle. A vicious ... View Post
How Will You Make It Through
Do you ever wonder how you'll make it through? Really. Financially every thing is a mess. It's upside down and you can't make sense of it. You've lost a loved one and the pain is intense. You wonder how you'll make it through? You wake up and the sun is shining and you wonder how can that sun shine on a day like today? We've been there. More than once. Time after time wondering how this can be? How can the world still be spinning? We walk into the hospital laughing, holding hands. These trips are familiar. Almost 6 years. Daily for 13 weeks. Then once a month. Then every 3 ... View Post
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