Whew, this summer has been so hot. Working out in the heat with sweat dripping makes me think of the benefits of farm life. Yes, you read right...benefits. Benefits are a beautiful sunset after a hard days work. Sweet soft rain on a tired sweaty body. Hand planting bean seeds in warm soft soil. Hearing roosters crow in the morning before most of the area around me is awake. Counting stars in a clear sky with my youngest child while milking the family cow at 4:30 in the morning. Balancing on one foot because my boot got stuck in the mud while my son digs it out. Watching my 9 year old son put flowers in his younger sister's hair. Sitting down to eat a meal that comes entirely from our bounty and hard work. Having a country girl tan. Watching my children and dogs run up round bales of hay in a game of catch. Pulling weeds with my children and listening to them talk about life. Farm life is constant. We don't leave it behind when we in from working. It's not someone else's responsibility if things don't work out. It teaches great lessons in life. One of those lessons is that life is real, it's here and it's now and that we reap what we sow.
The Benefits of Farm Life
| |Whew, this summer has been so hot. Working out in the heat with sweat dripping makes me think of the benefits of farm life. Yes, you read right...benefits. Benefits are a beautiful sunset after a hard days work. Sweet soft rain on a tired sweaty body. Hand planting bean seeds in warm soft soil. Hearing roosters crow in the morning before most of the area around me is awake. Counting stars in a clear sky with my youngest child while milking the family cow at 4:30 in the morning. Balancing on one foot because my boot got stuck in the mud while my son digs it out. Watching my 9 year old son put flowers in his younger sister's hair. Sitting down to eat a meal that comes entirely from our bounty and hard work. Having a country girl tan. Watching my children and dogs run up round bales of hay in a game of catch. Pulling weeds with my children and listening to them talk about life. Farm life is constant. We don't leave it behind when we in from working. It's not someone else's responsibility if things don't work out. It teaches great lessons in life. One of those lessons is that life is real, it's here and it's now and that we reap what we sow.
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Beautiful. My family and I had a chance to visit your home yesterday for the hayride tour. I just wanted to thank you for letting us see a glimpse of your amazing life. My 2 ½ year-old son loved every minute of it—he kept saying “Ready. Set. Go!” when the tractor would start up. He loved the chickens, and surprisingly, wasn’t afraid of the up-close-and-personal cows….We came home and talked about our day. Reading your blog and spending the afternoon listening to your husband’s amazing antidotes about your everyday life were just the reminders I needed to appreciate the simple things and not get caught up in things that don’t matter….Thank you. We'll definitely be visiting on Tuesday afternoons...
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