The Pioneer Woman OK, OK, I’m wondering if I’m the only one out there who before today had never visited The Pioneer Woman’s Blog…I heard about her from my best friend back in Michigan about 3 years ago, but never visited til today…I must say I was impressed and inspired and I do admit feeling left out because I waited so long. I’d love to hear from you if you’ve been following her posts, what are your thoughts? What intrigues you about it? I fell in love with her instantly, her candid sense of humor, fun loving spirit and beautiful smiling face that invites you in to sit on the rocking chair on her porch and sip her iced coffee she just made for you… I no longer feel alone on my own life’s journey that has taken a huge turn I never thought I’d be facing. I’m about to become a pioneer woman myself or a farmer’s wife. You see, I was not one of those girls who dreamed about a farmer sweeping me off my feet in Michigan and taking me way out south to Texas to start a whole new life raising our children on a “farm”. Even as I write that word, I’m sure my face is scowling. I am coming to realize I have a lot of prejudices towards farmers and farming in general. Both sets of my grandparents were farmers; my parents both grew up in the farm life. It seemed fine and good for them, but I determined I wanted something better, something a little more fancy and I did not want to live in what looked like poverty to me, scraping by hand to mouth, getting dirty every day milking those cows and driving those tractors in the dusty fields. No sireee, that was not the life for me! Then I marry this strapping young farm boy who can throw an 80 pound bale like it’s nothing, a man who LOVES to get dirty and smelly and is happiest when he’s on a big tractor.

Here’s a photo of him farming in Africa starting a missions project with some of our best friends, having the time of his life without me and the kids…(really, it was ok with me that we didn’t go along, there was no running water or electricity for miles).

Watch for more of the story on tomorrow’s post…