What The Farm Teaches Me?

What The Farm Teaches Me?

When you grow up on the farm,
it can teach you so many things.
For me, I am half of the person
I am because of a farm.

The farm teaches you responsibility.
Getting up early and going out doing
the chores. I always helped with the
chickens gathering eggs and feeding
them.

The farm teaches you to love nature
Going on those long walks through
the woods to the pasture. Picking up
acorns as I was walking along. I also
remember swimming in the pond every
now and then.

Depending on the grown ups you had,
it could teach you how to have manners.
I learned how to set the table for guests.
You learned to say "please" and "thank
you".

That's how I got to love pick up trucks.
I would ride in the truck and visit people
when we were delivering eggs and milk.
It was a Dodge and then a Ford. I probably
fell asleep most of the time on those rides.

The farm also taught me to be a
hard worker. From drawn til dusk,
we were always on the move. That's
probably why I find country roads
so calming.

I'll always be a farm girl at heart
because that's what I knew first in
my life. I wouldn't mind living it
again.


Written By: Tiffney Wilson
Written In: April 2012