Eleven Ways to Know You're a Young Farm Mama
Cooking, cleaning, wiping bottoms… no doubt, mothers deserve a day of honor. Pitching straw bales, steadying oneself after a spirited cow knocks you around, hauling an assortment of dirty, gross farm items in your car… the list of sacrifice grows deeper for a farm mom. For those of us growing up on the farm, we often take for granted that our mothers performed at a different pace with unique challenges. I remember fondly the adventure of running cows back to the barn as my mother and I were on our way to the Easter Sunrise Service in our Sunday best. I would guess she doesn’t remember it with the same affection. I know now why she emphatically repeated to me, attempting to engrain on my memory, the best practices for removing caked on, five-day-old manure stains from our good “cattle show” jeans. (Lay pants out on basement floor, douse with stain pre-treat, wait, soak in wash sink with detergent, wait... again, get new water with detergent ...