Family
To Granny with Love: A Belated Birthday Eulogy
As it turns out, I’m a little late to the party. Granny wouldn’t have been surprised by this however. For if there was anyone in the world who understood my Anne Shirley tendencies of having good intentions…
Starting Over: Allow Me to Reintroduce Myself
“We’d never get anything fixed to suit us if we waited for things to suit us before we started.” – Laura Ingalls Wilder I have a confession to make. A couple of weeks ago, I almost bid…
Pardon Our Reality: A Tribute to Our Customers
“Pigs out again!” “Excuse me for a moment while I get the chickens out of the flowers.” “Yes, you may have some ice-cream.” “Please overlook the mess.” “Son, please go in and change out of your pajamas.”…
One Year Later: A Reflection of His Goodness
“Then the land will yield its harvest and God, our God, will bless us.” (Psalm 67:6) This is the verse that I underlined in my Bible nearly a year ago with a short prayer written out beside…
The Empty Chair: When the Holidays are Hard
“I just don’t want to do the holidays this year.” These are the words that I cried to my husband last November. It wasn’t that I was trying to sound selfish or ungrateful. It wasn’t because I…
An Authentic Dwelling
If the world has ever needed homes of authenticity, it’s now. During this time of uncertainty and instability in our nation, the last thing anyone needs is just another heavy weight of unrealistic expectations and guilt to…
A Day in the Life
Today was one of those unexpected kind of busy days here on the farm. Farmer Boy woke up in a rare mood and almost immediately after getting out of bed, came corrections and discussions over bad attitudes…
I’ve Been Dreading This
I couldn’t turn the page. I looked at it and tried, but I just couldn’t turn the page. Usually, the first day of the month I turn the calendar and just wait for Farmer Boy to notice.…