New Beginnings.

On Christmas Eve, one of my old show heifers had a calf. My boyfriend, parents, and I scooped up the calf and lead the cow to the barn because the calf was getting kicked when it tried to nurse. After finishing work with the pair, as we were standing in my parents’ driveway, my boyfriend pulled out a ring and proposed to me. For us, raising cattle is an adventure we love to do together. We plan on continuing to have cattle and building our herd together just like we will build our life together.

I found out later that he was planning on proposing when a certain heifer calved...the first one we bought together as a couple. Unfortunately, she hasn’t calved yet because she got bred later than we thought. Knowing that I was getting impatient because his self-announced timeline was running out (and because I might have voiced that I didn’t want to get put off again and again) he chose another time to propose. He chose to keep his word to me and adjust his plan. 

This is not only a sign of our lives as they are now but one of our lives to come. We are always making plans with the cattle and having to adjust them because of the unpredictability of farm life. One of the many many reasons I love him is because he keeps his word and is always taking my feelings about things into consideration. And, even though his original plan didn’t pan out, it worked out, just like things tend to do...they work out in the end. The end result was romantic, in a setting that is perfect for our relationship, and I am so incredibly happy that I get to marry my amazing and wonderful partner in everything. And I hope to live in the moment and make him happy for the rest of our lives to come. The good Lord knew I needed him, and he is the only man alive that will put up with me and definitely the only one I would want to.

Another year just beyond the horizon, the miracle of new life in a nursing calf, and an engagement.

Here’s to new beginnings. Adventure awaits.