So none of you know the BIG NEWS!
Steven got married in April 2019! So now he very happily has someone to share his farm life and dreams with. Susannah is a wonderful woman - very much in love with Steven and his lifestyle on the farm, and they are getting much accomplished toward all their goals!
Since the newlyweds now have my blessing for full control of the home place, I moved into the nearby small town and care for my elderly mother there. Small town living takes a bit of getting used to after years and years in the country with no neighbors, but I'm learning to adapt. It is the same small town where my other son David has his little retail store, so I get to help with that.
I still go to the homeplace often and try to help out when I can, but these old muscles and bones are feeling the age, and it is hard to keep up. Susannah is wonderful at cooking and canning and everything needed to run the place, so they don't really need my help; but I sure miss the farm some days.
However, I firmly believe, just as I think my great-great grandfather did, that the whole purpose for all we do is to pass along to the next generation. My ancestors did all their work on the place so that it would be there for my parents, and for me. Passing it to Steven is the fulfillment of that legacy to me. Much like a king raising his son to be a prince and prepare for the throne.
I get so sad when I see so many farm families around me that have wonderful families, and then after they send their kids off to college, the kids never come home. No one feels the need to carry on the tradition of their forefathers. I am so very blessed by God that Steven felt the call and loves the homeplace.
Tracy
(p.s. - I going to be a grandma in July!! )
Oh - almost forgot! The traditional, obligatory 2019 Thanksgiving Family Photo below!
