I've been so overwhelmed with farming this past month and it's not only me. Comments like, "That's why people get out of cattle," or "Why doesn't it just warm up?" or "Will YOU please go check the cows?" are common place with nearly 200 head of cattle to calve out plus 2 grain cleaners running long days and the weather being so gloomy..............................
This morning everyone was OUT of little patience and every one was walking around mumbling to themselves or each other if someone would listen and I asked myself again, "Why am I doing this? Why are WE doing this?"
What I'm saying is that the concept that there are hungry people in the world who need the beef that we're trying to keep alive just doesn't cut it today.
Then God led me to this video. I thought, "If only city people could grasp how much we go through to bring them their food, then maybe somebody would appreciate us a bit."
So I share this with the hopes that at least one person will really listen to it--I mean REALLY listen to it. In case you think this is an exaggeration, it is NOT. This is the life of the farmer! I know because I'm the daughter of a farmer; I'm the wife of a farmer; I'm the mother of 3 farmers; PLUS I am a farmer. This is my life and sometimes it's a plain old pain in the rear.
I'm praying that you'll think about it and say a prayer for farmers who, besides all that he mentions in this video, risk their lives to deal with mad mamas as we try to help their helpless newborns get out of the mud..........................
I guess, if you haven't lived through calving season, you probably can't grasp the despair that sets in after seeing one or two dead bodies in the mud and snow. All I ask is that you think of us once in awhile, when you're eating your burgers or your steaks or your roasts, and thank God that some farmer somewhere did the work that brought you that beef because sometimes it's pure hell out here--pure hell!
Weary,
Dawn
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Amen! This spring seems especially hard and when it does warm up it is going to get even busier with planting. Somehow it always gets done. We're getting close to the end of our beef calving and so far so good. We've lost a couple of calves but that's to be expected. What would we do without these children of ours to help!
Dear friends,
I told Cora that I had thought of your family the morning that you wrote this. She said, "I wonder if you thought of them first or if they thought of you first." :)
I am wondering if you'd like to come to our farm for an Appleseed shoot. My son, Andrew, is involved with the program and we will be hosting a shoot here at the end of this month and again in July. We're trying a Fri/Sat shoot this time so that Jonathan Bartlett can be our shoot boss which saves our main shoot boss, Alex from Iowa, a lot of time on the road. Jonathan is studying to be a pastor and can't handle Sunday shoots anymore. Then this Fall we'll do another one but no set dates yet.
If you'd like the details on the dates, just ask or go to: www.appleseedinfo.org.
God bless,
Dawn for the Bornemanns
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