• Farming

    Farm wife in the making

    How I became a farm wife is a long journey. I was in my late 20’s, not married, when the idea of online dating was suggested to me. Back then, online dating was very new and something to be extremely cautious towards. (I would still be cautious about it today, but it’s much more common.) I had always dreamed and prayed I’d meet someone a more common way, like at church or in school. Not online. But, I decided to give it a try. Third times a charm The most common online dating site I knew of at the time was eHarmony. I subscribed to it for a while and…

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  • Family/Friends

    Welcome, Welcome!

    Well, here it is, Folks! My long-awaited blog. I intended to have this up and running last year and that obviously didn’t happen. When I first moved to Iowa, I started posting on Facebook every day with “Day 1 (2, 3, etc.) on the farm…” and shared something that I learned or something that happened to me. It was a new adventure and an outlet for me to stay connected to family and friends back in Illinois. I had several people comment that they loved reading what I posted each day and that I should start a blog. The more I heard those words said to me, the more I…

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