Winter

The last winter I remember being like this was the year I was pregnant with Roderick, heā€™s 25 years old now. That winter it started snowing in November and we had snow in places until May. I donā€™t remember it being quite so cold that winter, but it probably was. That...

Procrastination

Itā€™s amazing how I can find something ā€œimportantā€ at least in that moment to do when I am resisting doing something that needs to be done. As this blog post is a day late, I must have had some of those things come up to keep me from writing. Iā€™m not very good at...

Spinning Plates

Sometimes I feel like the circus performer who is spinning the plates. My job is to keep all the plates spinning and not let any fall and break. I must keep an eye on all the plates. Hustling from plate to plate as I see them slowing down on the sticks they are...

On Fitting In, Part 2

I recently found this. I wrote it 9/30/17 just before I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s very long so I’m breaking it down into two posts. Read the first part here. When I went of college at Kansas State University because I felt the ag community...

On Fitting In

I recently found this. I wrote it 9/30/17 just before I was diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s very long so I’m breaking it down into two posts. As I started to listen to Brene Brownā€™s newest book, Braving the Wilderness, this morning I realized my story...