Caring for Calves and Kids

As a farm wife and mother I’m not sure I will ever see a normal Mother’s Day.

For me when people say Mother’s Day I think of breakfast in bed, a break from taking care of your kids, a spa day, doing whatever you want for the day, not having to do chores and so on. But as a farm wife and mother, that’s just not a reality.

Mother’s Day happens to fall in one of the busiest times of the year, no matter what kind of farmer you are. It is in the middle of planting season, maybe first crop hay depending on where you are, finishing up calving season with beef cows or if you’re on a dairy farm – you’re just always busy with babies and milking.

Sometimes not having a conventional Mother’s Day is okay. It’s what we dreamed of. It’s what we planned for when we chose this life as a farm family. Then other times it’s hard. Really hard. You wish you were just like other moms. That you didn’t have to take care of your kiddos while your husband was at the farm or while you are trying to get stuff done on the farm.

Both sets of feelings are okay and for me, I just keep counting my blessings that my family gets to do what we have always wanted to do and we get to do it together on a day that celebrates me!