I Am a Farm Wife Blog Info

I Am a Farm Wife. I...

hang laundry outside on a clothesline.

don't get neurotic about dust in the house...well, maybe a little.

drop everything and run to town for a part to fix a broken hay baler.

rejoice during a drought when Memorial Day, Independence Day or Labor Day holidays are rained out, while others lament because they can’t go to the lake.

have two categories of blue jeans in my wardrobe: “good” and “farm.”

am not grossed out by manure, afterbirth, a prolapsed uterus or dead animals.

am my farmer’s midwife assistant during calving season.

am the Lamaze coach during a difficult delivery, mentally willing the cow to push as Bill operates the calf puller.

(This page is still under construction. It is an essay titled, "I Am a Farm Wife.")