I teach children’s church one Sunday each month. All summer long we’re talking about praying and giving each kid a set of hands on which to write prayer requests for the week. The hands are a physical reminder to pray. I didn’t teach last week, but the Little Farmer came Continue Reading
No Fail Cure For Hiccups – Denver Style
I had to travel to Denver last week for a work meeting. We’ve all heard that life is really lived in the margins (the unplanned stuff that just happens). Well this was in the margin of meeting. I had the hiccups. This really did cure them. Once in Denver and Continue Reading
What’s A Farmer with the Flu to Do?
The Little Farmer laid in the hallway and asked me to hand him his sippy cup which was two feet away because he was too “stiff” to reach it. I wondered if this was a new effort to get attention. I brushed it off and tried to do what I Continue Reading
New Year’s Resolution Success
I like setting goals, but most of all I value realistic, practical, applicable to real life goals. I accomplished one of those goals recently. For the first time in my life I read through the Bible in a year. I wanted to set myself up for success so I read Continue Reading
Evening Activities
After an intense day of promoting pork for me and playing and/or harassing the child care providers for my Little Farmer we like to go outside. A couple weeks ago we found this, and he got reintroduced with naturally made mud. Don’t worry, he’s been carrying water from the house Continue Reading
Santa, Straw & Storms
A couple months ago the Little Farmer and I helped bale a few loads of straw. That evening he started saying some really funny stuff and I wrote it down. Like word for word: Is Santa really good at remembering stuff? Are you really good at remembering stuff? Why didn’t Continue Reading
Fair Season
I spent a few days at the state fair for my job (alone). The first Saturday of the Ohio State Fair I took the Little Farmer along to help with the pork “Ag is Cool” exhibit for a couple hours. That kid knows his stuff! It’s almost like he was Continue Reading
Kid in charge – How did this happen?
Has your house ever been (is) so messy that you don’t know where to start because you know a solid two to four hours of work will make no difference? Yeah, me too. The most recent time I’ve been affected by this incident is well, right now. I’m washing dishes, Continue Reading
Life After T-Ball
I made it through the Little Farmer’s first season of an organized sport. Now we’re back to life as normal. The kid is less rested than he was before as he has to sit or stand for most of our normal activities. Immediately after the t-ball season he still had Continue Reading
He Got His Athletic Skill From Me
I had no interest in involving my four year old in any officially organized sport, but my family ganged up and decided differently. I had no choice about this t-ball ordeal. I’m grateful that tonight’s game was cancelled for rain. I’m more grateful for the rain, but honestly it feels Continue Reading