Hi! I am Melissa’s Aunt Jeanette. I would like to invite you to take a stroll with me until Melissa walks with you again. Although teaching was my chosen career, I grew up on a farm and also married a farmer. That last thing – marrying a farmer – was something I said I would never do, but I guess you can’t take the farm out of the girl!

So here goes…..

The Seasons of a Farmer

Aahhh, Saturday morning. Maybe a leisurely cup of coffee while reading the news. Reality – “Are you busy? Do you have a minute?” Of course I did…..

While I was writing down the numbers on the ear tags of the cows and calves, I multi-tasked and also wrote this little story (and no one suspected!):

After the Super Bowl, and even before then, we all knew “Why God Made a Farmer.” We even knew why He chose certain special people to do His work. Well, God also made “The Seasons of a Farmer.” In my mind, those seasons are Planting, Irrigating, Harvesting and Preparing To Do It All Over Again. Since Planting is completed, or nearly completed, at least here in south central Nebraska, we are bracing ourselves for Irrigating – and in the meantime praying for a good, soaking rain. Now, just as there are transition days between the regular seasons, there are also those transition days between the farmers’ seasons. In this time between Planting and Irrigating, there are weeds to be sprayed, fences to be checked and fixed, cows and calves to be moved to grass, planters and drills to be cleaned and put away, and numerous other “what do you do with all your free time now that you’re done planting?” jobs! My part in all this? I maintain my sense of humor and when I get up in the mornings I usually try to be ready for the questions, “Are you busy? Do you have a minute?”

It’s 2:00. Now for that cup of coffee…..