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!
We are stepping off the Fun, Fact Friday trail and offering some timely acknowledgement.
On the horizon of Mother’s Day which will be celebrated on Sunday, I want to take time to acknowledge the role that mothers play in American agriculture. I don’t think it can be stated highly enough the important position women and especially mothers serve in the farming and ranching communities.
We start our mornings thinking of the 1001 things everyone in our families will need from us that day, that week, and that month. We are the keepers of the schedules and tenders of the plans. We feed and birth livestock. We fix fences and mend corrals.
We take the wheel behind tractors knocking down hay or planting row crops. We pack the lunches to the crew and then we pack our babies to the fields and pastures to do the work right along with us. We keep the home fires burning, bath the babies, tuck little ones into their beds before starting the laundry and at least mentally preparing for the next days meals. We pray the prayers asking the good Lord to protect our families as we do His work, to give us rain and let the markets be kind to us. We let silent tears fall that no one sees when the stress of not being able to fix it all is just too much to bear.
Mommas, we wear some pretty big boots on the farms and ranches we reside on. So stand tall in those boots and know that you are seen, appreciated, and doing a great job. Everyone else, don’t forget to celebrate your momma or somebody else’s momma! Momma this weekend!
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