Mommin' Through Life

Recently submitting my first assignment for an agriculture newspaper, The Farmer's Exchange, getting to experience that overwhelming feel of accomplishment is a feeling unlike any other.  I was thrilled when I got asked to cover Hoosier Beef Congress this past weekend, and felt like I was on top of the world.  My nerves were all worked up in anticipation for the event that could possibly be the start of something great.  With my sisters attending the event with me, I felt more confident knowing that if I screwed up, they would be there to help me figure out what went wrong. Being a dairy girl, I had never attended Hoosier Beef Congress, but had known many individuals who had been there whether it was to participate in the showing events or just to go spend some money shopping at one of the greatest places in the world to shop!  However, I had seen beef shows take place at the county and state levels, but to me,  this event was something completely different than what I had expect

George MacDonald once said, "Instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give." Give generously, for your gifts will return to you later. Ecclesiastes 11:1 After spending time with a famliy who I consider a part of my family, I realized that as dairy farmers, we go through almost seemingly more heartbreak and losses than anyone else.  There are less fortunate individuals out there, but at times when things happen suddenly and unexpectedly we are at a loss for words and feel like we are trapped in a tunnel.  Wanting to try to figure out how to get out of the tunnel but having little motivation to do so, we begin to turn to our close friends and family members for encouragement.  Not only are dairy farmers struggling to meet ends meet, but there are some out there that are dealing with the loss of very special cows, broken water lines and other sorts of tragedys.  I begin to

Have you ever really wanted to get to know someone or get in contact with someone, but were afraid to because you had never talked to them or even met them?  Well, a few months ago I was in that position.  I knew I needed to get in contact with this individual, but thought why would she want to talk to me?  I am just a college student with dreams that I'm not sure will come true.  After numerous people had informed me that I needed to talk to Melissa Hart, I finally gave it a shot. Reading her blogs daily, not only on Dairy Agenda Today, but also on her knolltopfarmwife blog, I receive these little inspirations after each blog I read.  Something about Melissa connects with me and I had this deep desire within me to email her.  In my email, I said something along the lines that I loved reading her blogs daily, gave her a little bit of background information about me and then asked her about a couple other things.  I anticipated her reply back to my email, even though I was bitting