Originally Written for Nevada Rancher Magazine Recently the ranch we managed sold. It was a hard transition and one we did not want to take. We had lived on that ranch for thirteen years. Our family had grown up there. We became part of a community of ranchers,...
Originally written for Nevada Rancher (June 2020) My mother-in-law was raised on a sheep ranch. Her dad and three sisters tended, gathered, lambed, marked and raised thousands of sheep. By time I met her though, thirty odd years ago, she had around 300 of...
Originally written for Nevada Rancher His shift just ended and he’s heading to the house. The night was restless to say the least. Two fires and a car accident. Sleep came in short shifts and each time he’d almost drifted off the alarm would sound...
Originally Written for Tri-State Livestock News Last night I was scrolling around on Insta and saw a post from a much, much younger friend of mine. She is a beautiful young lady and a model. I noticed she had entered a botox give away. I scrolled on through and...
Being a Cowboy Pastor’s Wife, I recently found myself counting people who came to church on Sunday mornings. I have to be honest, I was measuring the success of our church based on a number and it was sucking the life out of me. I’d do a happy dance when people were...
Have you ever thought about what you would do in case of emergency. I mean most of us have either experienced one or we know someone who has. This year we experience an unexpected emergency after doing a marriage conference south of Nashville, TN. We...
Do ya’ll ever feel like the weight of the world is upon you? I mean there’s certainly news everyday more outlandish than from the day before. There’s disagreements, division, fear of sickness, jobloss and horrific sex trafficing. There’s an increase...
Originally written for Nevada Rancher An older cowboy friends of ours always says “you’re building your resume” after doing something really ballsy on the ranch…or after a long day. It might include working some places you’ll never return to. Resume building...
Originally written for Tri-State Livestock News It’s often seen across pastures and working pens across our great country. The ranch couple gathering a group of calves to brand, putting out bulls in the spring, or in the pens to sort and work. The communications...
Today, my daughter-in-law and I were having one of our normal Facetime conversation. The kids were running around doing tricks and they knew I was watching. Trace, my grandson, had a rope around his dog’s neck, trying to teach her to walk, like she was in...
