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| Garrin & Ryler a few years back. |
I love this picture. It's almost 4 years ago and it seems like yesterday. I was pregnant with Gentry and had just begun my journey with being at home on the farm. Up until then I worked all the time! I think back now and wonder why! Oh well, I finally learned and I'm still learning...but isn't that what life is all about? It's a learning process, after all if you're not learning something new then you become stagnant.
I used to help very little on the farm but with my dad's encouragement I'm out in the midst of it now. Now let me be clear, I don't drive tractors or big trucks, but I do help them move vehicles from field to field and make food that I never thought I know how to make, oh and wash the obscene amount of the dirtiest clothes I've ever seen. I'm learning more and more on the day to day activities that go on to make a farming operation run. And to be honest, some days I think to myself, what did I do? It's hard! I don't understand some things on the farm. When I start to feel this way, I can hear and almost feel my dad telling me this is the best life ever! He told me that if I ever wanted to spend time with my boys that I'd better close up shop and get out on the farm and learn it and love it and do it! I thought ok ok, I can do that. Most days I feel like YES I CAN DO THIS! And the days when I don't...my dad's voice keeps encouraging me. I can feel how proud he is and he's not even here anymore! That's just an awesome feeling.
Time goes by way too fast...I'm thankful for my mom and dad encouraging me all of my life! My mom gets the job of encourager now and she does great with it! Life doesn't always go as we have planned...thankful it doesn't! But I'm thankful for the push my parents gave me to change directions and be out on the farm with my boys. They're growing up and I'm loving watching the young men they are becoming...I'd like it to slow down just a little so I can really take it all in but since I can't I'm just going to KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON and enjoy every day...the good, the bad, and the just plain everyday!
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