College is weird. You move to a completely new and unfamiliar place. You start life over. You rebuild yourself. You challenge yourself or fight to meet the challenges presented to you. You make friends. You grow. You change. You build a home. And then you leave. Life waits until you’ve gotten comfortable, established a routine, [...]
“Being single doesn’t diminish the successes that I’ve had in the classroom. Being single doesn’t make me unhappy. Being single doesn’t reduce my level of confidence or competence. Being single doesn’t make me less of a woman. Being single doesn't limit me.”
Dear Farmer’s Wife, This harvest season, I would like to say thank you. You truly are the unsung hero of autumn. As the leaves change, corn dries, and beans brown, your husband heads out into the fields to collect his livelihood. The entire year has been spent preparing for this moment, and while you’re both [...]
Dear Beautiful Human Reading This Post, In the past, I’ve used this blog for what I would call “big picture” posts. In these posts, I typically advocate for the Agriculture community. There are some other topics sprinkled throughout my page as well. Every once in a while you’ll come across something that talks about mental [...]
This summer I worked at a daycare. This means that I spent most of my days surrounded by tiny humans, making sure that no one stuck mulch up his nose. My cuties, no matter how much I love them, were ornery and needed constant reminders to keep on their best behaviors. I found myself repeating [...]
“Nothing worth having comes easy.” -Theodore Roosevelt I've spent the past couple weekends at the Great Indiana State Fair. Now, I’ve shown livestock for fourteen years, and my brother is currently showing his eighth year of 4H, so the majority of my summers have been spent on these fairgrounds. Almost every year is the same. [...]
About 39 years ago, Paul Harvey spoke at the 1978 National FFA convention. There, he delivered his renowned speech, So God Made a Farmer. This speech became even more popular in 2013 when it was used as the audio backdrop for Ram’s Super Bowl commercial. Through his words, Paul Harvey perfectly captured the essence of [...]
When I was four years old, God gave me a little brother. An ornery, mischievous little boy with a cherub face and perfect ringlets. What I really wanted was an older brother or a younger sister, but we don’t always get what we want, and God knew better anyway, so I got a bit of [...]
I refuse to eat at Subway. I haven’t eaten there for about two years now. “But why?!” you may ask. Great question. It’s rather unfortunate, really, because I truly love their food. It is amazing and fairly convenient and affordable. The flatbread chicken teriyaki with Provolone cheese, spinach, red onion, extra pickles (yes, judge me), [...]
If you live in the Midwest as I do, or if you've visited a fly-over state, you've probably found yourself surrounded by seemingly endless fields of corn. Or beans. Or wheat. Or even alfalfa. There is no escaping the crops that line the highways and warmly embrace small town America. You've probably seen the [...]
The Good, The Bad, And The Petty 