10/12/2022
A little about me and Alma Jean’s:
I’ve had the desire to live out in the country most of my life. Until I was age nine, my family lived in a small village of 600 people. Our house just happened to be right in front of a housing unit where an 8-foot chain-link fence separated our open backyard from the housing property.
Once, while I was outside playing with our dog - wrestling I believe, one of the boys who lived “behind the fence” yelled something inappropriate to me. I didn’t really know what it meant, but I knew it was something “private”. I was 8 years-old and felt so upset.
I remember crying and begging my parents to move to the country. I knew how peaceful and comfortable I felt in a more quiet setting, around animals and nature. That was how I always felt when we were at Grandma Jeannie’s. I constantly longed to be in the country.
A year later, my stepdad (just “dad” to me) became full-time minister at the church he was serving at as youth minister. The church was in the middle of the country, and we would be moving to the parsonage there.
This relocation, along with my natural dad's move to the country when I was 13, made me so happy. Dad had a pond, a creek, and some woods, and eventually livestock (and horses for a bit). Life was good. At either home, I was outdoors whenever I could be.
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Living in the country is a blessing to me, and I’m so thankful God placed me here. And, thankful for my supportive husband, who grew up in a little town and would be just as happy to still be in town. I pray to be a good steward of our property, and to somehow be able to share it with others - that they might enjoy a taste of the peace I experience here.
