A Farm Wife's Reflections

God is our refuge and strength, an ever present help in trouble. Psalms 46:1 (NIV) When we walked into our Bible study this week, it was just another Wednesday evening. But in a few minutes, we were given news that filled us with a muddled mess of feelings- feelings almost impossible to even identify or [...]

Today, April 22, 2017, is the one year anniversary of the third best thing that ever happened to me. First being Jesus, second: Cory, and third, our sweet Anna Grace. (Or maybe she and Cory could share second place?) Well, anyway, she turned one year old today. And Mommy ate some words.  These words, specifically: [...]

"Its not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." -Henry David Thoreau What is perspective? The Cambridge English Dictionary defines it in this way: "A particular way of viewing things that depends on ones experience and personality." A person's perspective is shaped gradually as they grow and mature. As each person has [...]

Did you ever feel like God was telling you to do something, but you held back because you were not quite sure enough of yourself? Or felt that you needed to reach out to someone but you weren't sure how? Well, that's where I found myself with this post. I have done some writing for [...]

This weekend, I had the privilege of attending the Writers and Artists Conference at CLP. It was a wonderful,educational experience. I got to meet some of my writer "heroes" and sit under their instruction.  It was unreal how much information we needed to cram into our minds- (or notebooks) in just a day and a [...]

It's Saturday evening, and just like every evening at this time, we are rocking. The old brown leather recliner holds us both, between its arms, while I wrestle with you- and you wrestle with sleep... both of us determined to win.  So far you have never won; sleep always takes over at some point, but [...]

Recently we were spending time with friends when someone suggested an exercise we should try. They said, "Imagine you are on an elavator and someone asks  "Why are you a Christian?" We were given 20 minutes to come up with a 30-second response that would concisely answer the question before the elevator doors open, the [...]

I love daisies. In their simple way, somehow to me they are the sweetest flower God made. I chose them for our wedding flowers and I thought they were perfect. Simple, yet elegant. My love for daisies makes me look for them everywhere. I notice them smiling from among the roses in the supermarket cut [...]

To be a farm wife is to be many things at once. At our farm it means being the cook, dishwasher, laundry lady, cleaning staff, cattle waterer, turkey checker, pig feeder,    weed puller, errand runner, equipment operator and more. What I love most about my job is the variety. I never know in the [...]