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!
Keeping my mind and heart in the middle, thanks for joining me today on Ranch Raised.
There seems to be a lot going on in the world right now and hasn’t that been the theme for the last few years? I’ll be honest, I probably don’t even know the half of it. The older I get, the more I really focus on protecting my peace and the peace of my family. Sometimes it requires more intentional effort than other times. I have learned to say, “no” or “not right now” to some things. We shut off the TV and, in all honesty, don’t even watch the news because I’m cheap and won’t pay for cable TV. We have real conversations with our kids about goals, priorities, and morals. We eat meals together. We spend a crazy amount of time together!
I feel in my heart that protecting the peace in my home might not be popular or what mainstream society tells us we should do, but I feel it is my calling. So today, our kids will be working around the barn with their livestock. I’ve got one girl working on a puzzle. I will be watering my garden. Thanks to a neighbor offering her extra cucumbers, I will be canning pickles and dreaming of the days when my nieces and nephew visit from Oklahoma and see a full shelf of pickles for them to pick from.
I think that the first step to creating peace around you is to keep your mind in the middle, in the middle of your life. Don’t compare to friends and neighbors. Find what makes you happy and creates peace and do more of that!
Karina ranches with her husband, Marty, and 4 children 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 former role as full time Field Director for R-CALF USA.
Listen to Ranch Raised on a Your Ag Network hometown station or www.youragnetwork.com where she talks about her daily life on the Jones 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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