We all have that one “Thing.” You know the one. The one thing you stew about throughout the day; stirring it over and over in your mind. Depending on your season of life, it may be work or marriage or money or age or regret or health or whatever. Lately, for me, the “thing” I…
We always try to watch the local weather before heading to bed. If you are a rancher or farmer, you live by the weather. It affects what plans we make for the following days. No one likes to work cattle in the rain even though it is sometimes necessary. We pray for rain when it’s…
Hallelujah! Spring is just around the corner! Don’t you just love the featured image of two boys jumping from their horses?! Super props to the photographer, their mom, Stephanie Nuce. She is doing a fabulous job raising these two young cowboys and being an example of a Proverbs 31 woman. Thank you, Stephanie, for letting me…
In “March with Grandma,” I mentioned I am reading through the book of Proverbs this month; one chapter per day in honor of my Grandma Barnes. (If you missed the post, you can read it here.) All different verses speak to our individual hearts. It is amazing how God’s inspired word meets us right where…
My kids have been driving John Deere Gators, Kubota RTV’s, and tractors around the ranch since they could reach the pedals and see over the steering wheel. Knowing this did not make driver’s ed. any easier for me. When they received their driving permits and I sat in the passenger seat as their licensed driver,…
Saturday I posted this picture of a bulldozer pulling our tractor out of the mud. Then my Aunt Kay shared this picture with me. My Grandma Dorothy kept a silver box of mementos and this picture was one of the things she always kept. It shows 5 tractors pulling a school bus out of the…
When I married Roger, I learned there is a whole new time of day I had rarely experienced: Daylight. He’s all about getting up early. My family, on the other hand, is all about staying up late. I grew up in a family of night owls. They are the noon to midnight crowd. We have all competed…
Up until a week ago, it was so incredibly dry here. We were worried about ponds drying up and we had to sell our cattle on wheat pasture a month early due to the drought. Then the Lord sent the rain. Praise God. We received lots and lots of rain. We are thankful; but we…
This morning I took the road less traveled… And Robert Frost was right. It made all the difference! I ran through puddles, jumped over logs and climbed to higher levels. My heartbeat, joy and mood climbing with every step. My two buddies joined me…
“The secret of your success is found in your daily routine.” John C. Maxwell We are the sum of our daily habits… I have made it a habit over the last couple of years to walk/run at least 10 miles a week. Ten miles may seem daunting to some and laughable to others; but it…
Today we are celebrating National Pig Day! (Yes, that really is a thing and apparently it’s March 1st) . Coincidentally, today is our county livestock show and Kaitlyn is excited to take Rubin and Shiloh before the judge. I have enjoyed both their little personalities but Rubin; well,
You may hear me talk often about my Grandma Barnes. She wasn’t really my grandma but I would sure like to claim her. My parents met her at church when we moved from windy west Texas to Oklahoma when I was only three. She was about 60 years old then and for the next 15…