Love for the Lifestyle

It’s been awhile! A comment from a person reading my blogs encouraged me to continue and write another. A kind word from a stranger can go along way!

We are in the middle of calving & we have been blessed thus far with happy & healthy babies. This is my husband’s favorite time of year. He can pick out any calf and know who’s its mom, the color of the tags in her ears and what the calf was like she had the year before, & he helps calve a total of about 300 cows. This is his passion, his dream & what makes his heart smile. As we walk around the pasture with our horses he asks, “Is this what you want to do forever?” I smile at him knowing he just likes hearing it and say, “wouldn’t want it any other way.” Such an overwhelming feeling knowing your dreams are coming true. To have such passion, love, & pride to be a cowboy & he deserves every bit that makes him happy. I use to hate how I never seen him because he was married to his cows & working for his dad at the feedlot. I can't be mad at him for being a hard worker so now, I have much more understanding & encouragement for him to be there enjoying things we both enjoy & working towards a long term goal to own his own Ranch some day. We cannot depend on it being handed down to him, but I know together we have enough motivation to still love starting from scratch and building a beautiful place we can be proud of together. 

It took me awhile to really find out this is who I wanted to be. I’m sure people look at me today & I know they either think, wow she’s the really deal or she tries to hard. And I don’t care, I have learned you don’t have to be the person you use to be, you can be exactly who you want to be. I have started being that person and making my dream real life. The decision to live it, not just dream it. 

My sister-in-law moved down south, where I am from, & we were able to attend her boyfriends family’s branding. One of my favorite jobs in the cow/calf lifestyle, lots of babies, too many dogs, people that come from everywhere to help, & usually beautiful weather. These are the type of people to surround  yourself with, down to earth people & those who just want to lend a helping hand & learn a little more about how this all goes on!

As summer approaches, I know it means kissing my husband good bye for the most part. I try and help out as much as possible during the busy seasons of seeding, taking cattle to pastures, silaging, harvest, & then bring cattle home so I can spend some time with him & do whatever needs done so that someone else can get home a bit earlier that night. 

I am blessed to be part of it of such a wonderful lifestyle!

Cookie Learning the Ropes of Brandings