I do not come from farming. Still, it is pretty hard to grow up in Iowa without some knowledge of agricultural workings. My mother's stepfather retired from FedEx back in the 80's to grow a few crops and raise some cattle. We spent a lot of time at his and my grandmother's farm south of Des Moines. Gathering for holidays or to go fishing in their pond. But it will not pass on.
This is a hard thing to think through Casey; thank you for writing about it with your own family’s story.
Family stuff is hard. But I hope that talking about mine can save someone else some heartache.
Gentleman Farmer is our goal as well. Keep dreaming of it and planning and little by little it just might happen!
In the meantime we are getting married in October, and it is my mission to make everyone coming in for the wedding fall in love with the area.
Evangelizing the rural is the way!