The Farmer's Daughter is back on the Farm!!

My Grandfather passes away at the end of last year.  He was 89.  While he is missed daily, I do take comfort that he lived a long and full life.  Something he made very clear was that my family were to be the next tenets in the house.  Pappap and Nana would both make jokes about how they thought about cleaning out a drawer or getting rid of something and thought they would just leave that for the next person.  And that person is me.  Luckily, I have always wanted to live here, and even luckier, is that my husband is willing to take this on.

Often times people ask me if it's weird to have a conversations that plan for a future where one of the participants is no longer with us.  We are a family farm.   I am generation eight to live on this farm.  My children are generation nine.  That doesn't just happen without planning for the future.  Also, I take comfort in knowing that I am fulfilling the wishes of my grandfather.  Even if some of the wishes involve leaving up huge museum style portraits of generation two in the parlor.  I have decided that they are no longer looking at me and, I should just engage them in conversation.

As farmers we know that death is a part of life.  It really is that simple.  I believe that our time hear on Earth is limited and we need to make the most of it.

So with all of that said, the Farmer's Daughter is back on the Farm!!

Our neighbors may now be chickens but, this is not a bad view to wake up to in the morning!!