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“If we could just stop asking the question, ‘what can I get for myself?’ and start asking the question, ‘what can I give from myself?’ I think people would learn you don’t have to be a comedian to deliver a punch line,” Michael Jr. Living in a world that teaches it’s all about us, can […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab Three Kansas farm boys brought their very own “Farmer Style” to 540 Ohio young farmers and agricultural professionals in Columbus, Ohio Friday, January 30 and Saturday, January 31 for the Ohio Farm Bureau’s Young Agricultural Professionals (YAP) Winter Leadership Experience Conference. YouTube sensations The Peterson Farm Bros entertained the group Friday evening […]
Read MoreDirt Under the Finger Nails Is In – A Farmer’s Daughter Tells All… By Lauren Schwab With dirt under my fingernails, mani-pedi sounds like a foreign language to a farmer’s daughter. Hog slobber is my moisturizer and dust is my veil. Feed bits fill the air as they splatter out of the momma pig’s mouth. […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab How bad do you want success? Do you really want it or just kind of want it? Do you love sleep more than success? My dad doesn’t. Right now I should already be in bed because when the clock strikes 4 a.m. oinks are calling for me. For my dad, when the […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab When I walk through the barnyard, my cats love to follow me. They cling to my every step. They need me and long to be by my side. They beg for their morning can of cat food, standing on their hind legs with their front paws in the air, looking up at […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab Lately I have been consumed with thoughts of fear, fear of not becoming all I was meant to be. I have found myself relying on the recognition and praise from others to feel satisfaction and fulfillment when I really need to praise Jesus and find it in Him. I have also […]
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By Lauren Schwab When it rains it storms and when it storms, tempers fly. While farm life can be romanticized, it is nothing short of hard work and more so when were hard headed. Farming with family has its rewards and trials. When working on a farm each day is the unknown. You can plan […]
Read MoreBy Lauren Schwab Despite living and working surrounded in nature, my mind can easily be caught in the chaos of modern life, it’s demands and hours spent behind a computer or phone screen. How often do we allow ourselves to be grounded, literally barefoot with our toes touching the soil and face staring […]
Read MoreDo you ever look at animals and wish you could swap to do lists for the day? By Lauren Schwab I enjoy watching the animals, they are so free and full of life with not care or worry in the world. They live each day with no one to answer to, sense of regret, […]
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Cute little runt piglet sleeping on top of a bigger piglet. I later moved him to another momma with other runt piglets so it could get more milk By Lauren Schwab I remember growing up the farm felt like an island. A top a hill on a one-way country road, it’s own form of pig […]
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Farm Girl With Curls 