Writings from a farmHER….about family, and farm….as we harvest life's BLESSINGS together….one moment at a time

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  • Written March 2024 CIRCA – 1942 Recently, my old Gehl 95 feed grinder literally fell apart. This grinder was in less than poor shape when we were forced to buy it, four years ago after a barn fire here on our farmstead that destroyed our four bay barn, all of our tractors, hay equipment, corn…

  • Mom, August 28, 2021 – Dad September 01, 2023 This is a photo of my in laws that was taken near their 25th wedding anniversary, in November 1986. I met them when I was just barely 17. I worked for the Tri-County Head Start program as a work release through school. Janice was a cake…

  • March 2017 ITs just an ordinary table.  It’s oak, its solid, and it holds more memories, more words, more pictures that a human brain or even a computer could recall if you wanted it to. There are folks that have gone on to Heaven now, but they once sat at our table. They were once a part…

  • March 2016 According to the Bible, there are close to 124 miracles mentioned throughout its pages—three dozen just within the four gospels.Joey Martin-Feek is a beautiful, vibrant daughter of God who is in desperate need of a miracle. In fact, all around the world, there are folks in desperate need of a miracle. God is…

  •       Anyone that knows me, would know that it is NOT like me at all to steer clear of anything that touches my heart. The death of Joey Martin-Feek on March 4, 2016 was more than I could deal with. Here IS a beautiful, talented, young Christian Singer, Wife, Mother, Daughter, Sister. She never hesitated…

  • Social Media is an interesting topic. I really appreciate when people use it to keep others informed of hospitalizations of a loved one, when prayers are needed its a very effective tool. Some folks use it to promote their businesses, orchestrate family gatherings , birthday parties, anniversaries, a baby’s birth, first day of school etc..…

  • July 2015 My life is full of   WOW’s. Three beautiful grown children that still today sometimes I stop, scratch my head and look towards the heavens and ask :  Lord, how could these great people have come thru me.”  They are truly good people. The kind of folks I would want to know more if…

  •                            MOTHERS DAY  2014 QUESTIONS without answers. REASONS we may never know. Why does GOD answer “yes”, “Not at this time” or “ I have a better plan”. Every day I try to remember to ALWAYS be grateful and appreciate all that is before me and around me. Something is always lurking in the back…

  • April 2015  Recently, I was invited to visit a farmstead that belonged to two elderly brothers who had lived their entire lives on the farm where their parents and grandparents were raised.  They were in their late eighties, and they were brothers and a team, all of their own. Many area people referred to them as…

  • December 2023 As Christmas draws near, my mind travels back more often than usual to when I was a child and all our Aunts and Uncles were still here. They were the family icons, the main stain, and life seemed simpler.   We lived in a family neighborhood. Literally. My Dad has six siblings, and all…