I have done these for years, and at least one person (hi, Emmy!) said they look forward to them, so here we are. Ha! Just a few of the things I’m looking at buying or we already own and love. Many of these do include affiliated links, meaning if you order by clicking my links,Continue reading “2023 Christmas Gift Guide”
Last year, I was honored to be a guest on my friend Bunny Terry’s “I Love New Mexico” podcast. How did I never put this in a blog post?! We had a great chat about chasing your own dream and being grateful your story, even if it might not look like what we think itContinue reading “Breaking the Mold & Being Grateful for Your Story”
This article was initially published as part of the Our Rural Roots Column for Progressive Farmer. We were recently in Reno showing at the Nugget All-American sheep show and sale. At the beginning of the sale, they bring all of the breed champions to the stage, play the song “Auctioneer” and lift the curtain forContinue reading “A “Get To” Life”
This post was written as part of the Our Rural Roots column for Progressive Farmer. It was late one evening as we were driving home from checking cows. Everyone was tired. That’s when we saw our neighbors’ cows were out on the road. We immediately started to help gather them. It’s what neighbors do. ItContinue reading “Be a Good Neighbor”
I read this quote from Shauna Niequist: “I felt profoundly grateful for the familiarity, for knowing someone across decades, for having the kind of history that allows for shorthand, shared language, a thousand inside jokes, but even deeper than that, an awareness of one another’s hardest days, darkest wounds, scars, and secrets.” I count manyContinue reading “Old Friends”
Last night, we stood on the porch during the storm and I was yelling “come on rain!” (Our house is very calm and quiet, obviously.) Harper started yelling, “come on, Nana!” I asked what she was saying. She replied, “uh, mom, Nana is in heaven sending the rain.” {Thanks be to God and to Nana,Continue reading “Come On, Nana!”
We’ve been praying for the Runyans since the moment we heard the news. When my kids asked me about Mark, I told them he had the best laugh, gave the best hugs, and made everybody feel special. He always treated me like one of his own. My guess is that most of the “kids” inContinue reading “Marky”
I saw a friend post a rain gauge with a glorious inch of rain in it this morning with the caption, “God is faithful!” Indeed He is, and we should post about it every time we have that full rain gauge. But it strikes me, the same is true when our rain gauge is empty.Continue reading “God is Faithful”
The first time I met Ty’s Nana was Thanksgiving at her house when Ty and I had been dating about 6 months. I hadn’t been there 15 minutes when she pulled out a photo album full of pictures of wedding cakes she made and tasked me with finding the ones I liked. Ty and IContinue reading “Remembering Nana”
This article was initially published as part of the Our Rural Roots column for Progressive Farmer. As I write this, the wind is blowing at sustained speeds of 45 miles per hour with gusts even higher. The sky is brown from all the dust in the air. Stubble from the sorghum field north of ourContinue reading “Hope Remains”
Always a Farm Kid 