Peace or Progress & Why We Had to Re-Prioritize
Have you ever felt like you are in a season of life tossing you around on a constant wash cycle?!? That is where we are now... recent deaths in our close friend group and community, medical needs within our family, financial strains, an off-the-farm job to name a few. All the while, we are trying to raise healthy and kind humans ... I am sure I am not the only one who feels this way sometimes, but man can life be hard. When we are in this season it is hard not to feel like you have to choose between peace or progress . Before we started raising our own livestock Brandon and I had a fairly simple life. We both worked off the farm and he helped his dad in his off time with their organic row crop enterprise. Our lives changed drastically though when I got pregnant with our first child. I started having blood pressure issues that lead to medication, constantly changing dosing and increased swelling ultimately leading to a medical emergency with a helicopter ride to save our baby's and ...