Karina Jones is a real-life ranch wife in the Nebraska Sandhills and one of the most highly sought-after speakers in the cattle industry nationwide!
I found this poem online by 9 year Sam D and I thought it was pretty fitting to share what a winter day like today looks like through a child’s eyes.
Snow is falling to the ground,
Piling up in enormous mounds.
School is canceled for the day.
Children run outside to play.Snowballs are thrown in the air.
No one has any care
About school – only fun,
Because the day is a snowy one.Snowmen are stacked very high;
Their top hats almost skim the sky.
To make them round, they must pat,
Then finish off with mittens and hat.As the weather gets cold,
The children are told
To come inside and eat –
Enjoy hot chocolate with a couple treats.Once the kids are done,
They put on their gear for some more fun.
Some of them play around,
While other kids just lay on the ground.Another kid makes snow angels
Until the dog named Bojangles
Runs through his masterpiece,
But then the owner yells cease.After Bojangles
Ruins all the snow angels,
Kids slide down the hill
‘Til they are bitten by a chill.Almost over is the day.
The children start to walk away.
As snow falls, so does the sun.
Time to go in; the day is done.
I know digging out from a blizzard isn’t child’s play but I thought I would help lighten the mood of the day. Once again those who are out working in the weather you are appreciated. Everyone, stay safe, stay warm, and drive carefully.
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 3 daughters near Broken Bow, NE. She grew up in western NE, with roots also in southwest SD. The cattle industry and raising kids is her passion.
Watching the cattle industry go the path that it has gone, she could no longer sit quietly at home checking cows, fixing fence, and doing all the everyday tasks wondering when some else was going to make it all better. As she became more active and outspoken on industry issues, she was asked to join the R-CALF USA staff in September 2020 as the Checkoff Petition Campaign manager. That position transcended into her current role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
You can hear her almost every Friday on Your Ag Network’s Hot Barn Report that is broadcast on 60 radio stations with coverage in 9 states, where she deep dives into cattle industry issues and highlights R-CALF’s work on industry reforms. Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the ranch.
Cattle producers are her people. She will meet you at the county fair, at the sale barn, or anywhere the dusty trail leads.
karina@youragnetwork.com or visit facebook.com/ranchraisedwithkarinajones
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