Tag: farm life
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Sacred Space Disrupted by Outsiders
Growing up on a Georgia farm, I learned that some land is sacred even to those who never named it so — and that strangers who don’t see that will always find a way to remind you why boundaries matter.
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The Peanut Bond
Under a crescent moon, cotton grows where peanuts used to. I found myself thinking about Daddy tonight, and that’s a rarity these days. Nowadays, my trips to the farm are much more pleasant, and I don’t as often return home crying all the way and depressed for days and my children feeling the same. But…
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Defining Contentment
Lots of people talk about finding contentment. It’s the holy grail of my generation and something I’ve never really considered as completely possible for me. I always have more to push toward, it seems, so I’m never really 100% content. I’m always looking inward for more or outward for more and never stagnating, and I…
