“Thank a Farmer” – James Wesley

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1. Thanks for bringing that song and singer/songwriter to our attention, Catherine. It actually brought a tear for me. I grew up in southwestern Ohio when it actually looked like those pictures of farms; my neighbors and childhood friends were all farmers, and I, too was a 4H member. I know how hard it is to farm because I watched the struggles then, and now, over 60 years later, I am a rancher. I went to the local grocery store last evening and the clerk asked me to bend toward her to get the hay out of my hair. I’ve got orphan lambs to feed and this is the first week in a month that I haven’t had to get up in the middle of the night to either check on ewes or feed orphans whose mother rejected them. Our prayers did get answered as we finally got a bit of that rain that means our hay fields will provide the necessary food for our animals next winter.

   Being a farmer/rancher is a 24/7 job and I thank God each day that I have the chance to see the miracle of life: birth, death, germination, harvest. Thanks for the reminder that I should thank all my brothers and sisters who help sustain us and provide stewardship over these productive lands.

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