"So God made a farmer", recorded by Paul Harvey in 1978 has been remade into a Superbowl ad. and received a lot of support from the ag community for accurately describing farm life. You can watch it here
http://samluce.com/2013/02/so-god-made-a-farmer-by-paul-harvey/
click on video to play, or also lyrics are printed out for you.
For the Paul Harvey followers like me you know that there is always a page 2. The rest of the story.
My rest of the story is "So God made a farm wife". See if you agree and add your own experiences.
On the 9th day God looked down and said this is too much for one man to bear, So God made a farm wife.
I need someone who will take care of the lamb that the farmer has just brought into the freshly waxed kitchen floor because on a cold dark night the mother has abandoned it and rush to grab the new bath towel to dry and warm it up in front of the stove, feeding it with the babies bottle every two hours and take care of it as if it was her own. So God made a farm wife.
I need someone who works side by side with that farmer planting, weeding, or harvesting because she knows that the farmer will not rest until work is done and the good weather may break at any moment. All the time caring for the family, driving children to band, baseball, or 4H. So God made a farm wife.
I need someone who when the weather takes that farmers crop and the farmer has no idea where the money will come from, will greet the farmer at the door with fresh bread on the counter, a pie in the oven,
give him a hug with the same look in her eye as their wedding day. So God made a farm wife.
I need someone who can feed a crew of neighbors that stoped to help, not knowing how many or at what time they will stop working, a meal that rivals any 5 star restaurant. So God made a farm wife.
I need someone who can do the books, wean the pigs, load the semi, drive the tractor, plant the garden, cook the meal, clean the house, read nighttime stories to the kids, check for head lice at the school, and when she goes to town and her friends say how hard her husband works will nod and say yes. So God made a farm wife.
This is for all the farm wives out there. Happy valentines day to my wife Cindy.
Serving together, Dean
Farm wives are special. I remember all the work mom did to help out. And imagine Cindy driving a combine with a baby on board! Even though I am now a "town person" I say "Yea to the "farm people."
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