And so today’s blog post
will not be about farming, it is more
about the personal life of a former "farmerette", now a farm-ground landlord but still an Agra-Diva,
ME! Since I started sharing more about
me, my family, and a very candid behind the scenes look at how one farm family has been
coping with multiple tragedies, my readership has increased as I think people
can relate to life not always turning out the way you thought it would. Those
of us who blog and open our lives to others are willing to share our life’s story about what is going on in
an up close and personal view, sort of
like going to a movie and watching someone elses life story on the big screen. My main purpose is to show that those of us in the Ag industry have lives outside of growing America's food and sometimes the "good life" can come with the not-so-good parts. There are the unpredictables, for instance with farming the crops have weather & market prices as the wild card.... our personal lives have people & events that can create chaos that will forever change the course of your life. AND more importantly.... it is how you choose to navigate through those rough waters.
As
I write this tomorrow, Sunday, July 14 would have been my daughter, Kaitlyn's 1st
wedding anniversary with Andrew, her now deceased husband. And she will be spending it with me.... her mom. It is not the way we both had imagined a
first year wedding anniversary would be spent. ( I linked those "life turning blog posts" about me & Kaitlyn for new fellow readers. ) As I was doing it, I came across other blogs I had written on July 14 from 2010 and 2011 and reflected how different my life (as well as Kaitlyn's) was back then. And so I will be there for her and we will get through this hard day, which I am guessing will have tears, hugs, perhaps some laughing at some goofy memory, probably more tears and red wine, pasta & chocolate. Comfort stuff....in food & each other as Kaitlyn and I are each others "safe person" and together it will just be one more challenge to overcome. Plus we both know we have a couple more hard days coming up this Fall with the anniversary of when both of the men in our lives left us. But we are strong... We both have been to HELL & back and we are here to tell you that Life is best lived in a positive & good way and that the power to create that is within each of us.....A girl's night out... |
A new friend in my life sent me this quote of which I want to share with you...Good words to live by.
"Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
As always, thank you for stopping by and feel free to leave a comment or email me at swheatfarmlife@gmail.com Also don't forget to post or email me your "care labels" for a chance to win one of those great shirts from Duluth Trading Company! ( From last week's blog.... so make sure and check it out! Plus a few labels that have already have come in are great... made me envious of why didn't I think of that!) So keep 'em coming. And I'll post the ones I've received so far.
A special thanks to my family, Mom, Jen & Soren & their 3 angels, Barry & Denise (who gave me an "unhitched party"), Rivers & Edie, my crazy Montana crew, Lisa & farmer Jay & Zack. Then the unconditional support from the "Co-op Queens"( Jacie, Heather, Lezah & Vickie), Gwenn & Dave, Pete & Karen, Kristi & Kris, Dorene, Kara and the wild women's wine group !
The RWE quote is a good one. Sometimes you just have to keep putting one foot in front of the other, no matter how heavy your boots are.
ReplyDeleteTake care. Hugs to both of you.
Both of you are amazing women! So happy I have been able to get to know you and learn from you!
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