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Doesn’t it seem like meeting certain people and encountering accompanying circumstances are oftentimes destined in a person’s life? Dirt Farmer Jay and I experienced a perfect storm of both back in February 2020. This is the story of that life-changing day.

When we had our home listed as an Airbnb, we had a long-term guest who stayed with us for over three months and became a part of our family. We were blessed the day he walked into our door and still keep in touch with him to this day.

If I had a million dollars, I would buy a piece of land with an existing small farm already established. It would have huge cottonwood trees all around the property and an old farmhouse with character and soul – one that housed a thousand memories of days gone by. When you get to Heaven, you’ll know where to find me…down the old dirt road.

Everything changes and everything stays the same. My children are grown with children of their own yet I’m still mom – still privileged to receive their love, to listen to their problems, to be their friend, and to enjoy my new-found status in the world.

If I had it my way, I would creep into my childrens’ rooms tonight, sit on the edge of their beds and gently touch their foreheads.  “Good night my Bethany, good night my Kelly, sweet dreams Brian, Mommy loves you John, Mommy loves you Taylor – Mommy loves you all…”

It finally happened. Jay got a tractor. Not just any tractor, no. This is a Kubota - orange, rugged, powerful, a workhorse, man’s best friend…at least THIS man.

It’s only a lawn tractor but to her it is a huge and powerful machine that takes she and Grandma to all kinds of amazing places. We start it up. The engine is loud and echoing inside the metal building. The headlights come on and paint a bright splash of light against the shiny metal wall. We back up and start off – out the driveway onto our country lane to see what we can see as the sun is slipping closer to the horizon.

When I think of the menagerie of human beings that I’ve been joined to in the workplace, I find a tenderness comes into my heart – really – even for those I complain about. Because, for better or worse, we have a history. They say you can’t pick your family – and thank God – how boring and mundane life would be if we could!