BIG DOOLEY
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I hear stories all the time about what life was like growing up on a farm from my dad.
He was the youngest of seven kids.
His mother passed when he was 2 years old and his father at 14.
Running a farm was part of daily life.
His chores were important but not always as difficult as what the older kids had to do.
Milking cows, canning meat-vegetables-fruit, planting and harvesting, hoeing, raising livestock, working horses, making wine, hunting, were all part of day to day living.
I never get tired of hearing how things were done and how family and neighbors pulled together.
My wife grew up on a farm and is no stranger to hard work.
Canning, hoeing, feeding animals, running farm equipment, heating with wood....
We try to raise our children with the idea that every member of the family is special and important.
We each have an important role and responsibilities to make our family complete.
Somehow I think the message is not as clear today about working together and the value gained by learning new responsibilities.
With all the electronins, games, and conveniences I see less and less kids learning how to be self reliant and looking for the easy ticket to problems and life.
Today many people take for granted how easy day to day living is and forget the old days when the grocery store was in the back yard.
This is a picture of my dad in his teens clearing snow.
The family with Grandma pregnant with my father. Picture take by my dads oldest brother.
Grand parents
He was the youngest of seven kids.
His mother passed when he was 2 years old and his father at 14.
Running a farm was part of daily life.
His chores were important but not always as difficult as what the older kids had to do.
Milking cows, canning meat-vegetables-fruit, planting and harvesting, hoeing, raising livestock, working horses, making wine, hunting, were all part of day to day living.
I never get tired of hearing how things were done and how family and neighbors pulled together.
My wife grew up on a farm and is no stranger to hard work.
Canning, hoeing, feeding animals, running farm equipment, heating with wood....
We try to raise our children with the idea that every member of the family is special and important.
We each have an important role and responsibilities to make our family complete.
Somehow I think the message is not as clear today about working together and the value gained by learning new responsibilities.
With all the electronins, games, and conveniences I see less and less kids learning how to be self reliant and looking for the easy ticket to problems and life.
Today many people take for granted how easy day to day living is and forget the old days when the grocery store was in the back yard.
This is a picture of my dad in his teens clearing snow.
The family with Grandma pregnant with my father. Picture take by my dads oldest brother.
Grand parents
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