A Farm Wife's Reflections

In the spring we found out she was on the way. “Finally something good this year!” said her Papa, who had been feeling really bummed out with the ups and downs of raising turkeys, (mostly down,) and the ins and outs of life during a “pandemic”…(mostly in.) News of a little baby to love was [...]

And just like that, summer is gone. Gone by in a blur, leaving us wondering where it went. We didn’t get all the things done that we hoped, and we didn’t go swimming even once. It was a short summer in some ways, but in other ways a long one. A summer of changes happening [...]

(No, I don’t have it figured out.) I think I’m a slow learner. Something I have realized about myself is that I don’t retain the things I read or hear, on the first exposure. I often have to ask a person’s name repeatedly, before I can process it and connect the name and face. And [...]

One of the loveliest plants I know Is a beautiful thriving rose From the blossoms on the thorny stems To the fragrance, that from them flows. But did you ever pass through the garden drear, In the bleakness of early spring And noticed those poor rose bushes Such depressingly ugly things! There isn’t a trace [...]

Gray is my favorite color. Except in February. And in November. There’s so much gray in those two months, I’m surprised there’s enough to spill out into any other months. But there is. January’s not all bright white snowy days. And March. March has a few grey days as well. Some days in March , [...]

I wonder as I rock my babe to sleep, Did my own mother ever feel this way? As she asked the Lord my little soul to keep, And held me at the ending of the day. Did she look down at me and shake her head, And pinch herself, and say "whose child are you?" [...]

In January. Baby Layla was born. Miss Ruth is going to have such fun growing up with a cousin so near her age. We got my “little sister” married off to one of our good friends. I’m sure I’m biased, but what a gorgeous little bride... what a precious couple. Anna Grace was thrilled to [...]

This girl is really one year old today! I can’t believe how her first year has flown! Seems like just a few months since she came to live with us. But she has grown so quickly into an “almost toddler.” One month went flying by. Then two months Then three Four months Five months. A [...]

Lord, I know that nothing is new to You. That there’s no such thing as “unprecedented times.” I know that You're controlling everything that goes on down here, even though it all seems completely out of control to me. And I know that You have in Your hand the power of redemption.  That You alone, [...]

I feel like it’s been awhile since I’ve written about my husband. You might not know that he just celebrated a milestone birthday. He turned 30 last month. I guess to say that he celebrated it is a mild overstatement. “We celebrated him“ is a more accurate way to put it. He assured us all [...]