I have respected and valued my mother for many things, but I am long overdue in honoring her for her role in my childhood farm, whether as a farmwife, farm mom or a farmer.

If two people in their mid-thirties decide to start a farm and a family at the same time with no land and no money, how long will it take them to go broke and completely insane?

I used to think I could make everything right — on our farm and in our family. What I've learned is that things work better when I come to know my limitations.