Our farm life
There was a steady wind blowing across the home place. "Good", thought the farmer's wife, "this wind should help the beans dry out faster! That rain was little help since the men are already behind with the harvest this year." Every year brought a different challenge for these grain farmers of Indiana. Some years there was too much rain, other years drought. Farming, though tough, was worth it. There is something sacred about tending the land, a God given gift or calling. Hope breathed in a deep breath of October air. Exhaling slowly she headed for the quaint farm house. "I better be getting supper finished for the kids." Those long harvest days weren't always easy and eating without the farmer was lonesome. The times that supper was taken to the field were always a joyous occasion for the whole family! But tonight the men wouldn't have time to stop and eat their meal. It was going to rain, again. The moment they were able to start a field it...