Honey, it’s time!  This phrase usually strikes fear in a husband’s heart and this time was no different.  Sugar Lips and I have been through two pregnancies and childbirths together, 20+ years ago mind you,  but early in 2018 I said those words again.  Honey, it’s time!  I wasn’t really that certain the first 6 times I said that (I had a few false alarms!).  But this time I know for sure.  It’s time!

It is a modern day reality. Unlike my farm wife ancestors, many modern day farm wives work “off the farm.” Often to provide extra income to offset the seasonal income that is part of the lifestyle, or sometimes, to provide much needed benefits such as health insurance. I have worked “off the farm” for more than 27 years.  All the while, life on the farm goes on.  I leave my house, and my husband, (love you Sugar Lips) in the early morning hours, and while I’m gone, the farm keeps going. I come home from my “off the farm” job and sometimes, I just sit outside under a big shade tree and read a book, (Papa, you know the one!) and sometimes I jump in the truck with my boyfriend (Sugar Lips) and just “put the farm to bed” and fill each other in on our day.

It’s time. Time for me to start the rest of my life!