Confessions of a Farm Wife

There's a trend on social media where an author or influencer writes to her younger self. Dear 20-year-old me...it wistfully starts. Well, lucky for me (and maybe for her!), I don't have to write to the younger version of myself because I have a 20-year-old I can advise right before me. Our ... Read More about A Note to a 20-Year-Old

When Joe turned 30, I was expecting Anna, due in just a few weeks. When Joe turned 40, we had just had our twins a few months before. Now Joe is 50, and THERE IS NO ANNOUNCEMENT other than: Joe is 50 today! Yep, you read that right, Farmer Joe, the featured character throughout this ... Read More about 50 Years of Webelisms

Today is the day our daughter has been preparing for since she could talk and mimic being a grown-up while she played house. Our Josie turns 18 today. Today she is finally a grown-up. But what does that really mean? Well, lots of semi-exciting things. She can now vote. She can buy a ... Read More about Finally A Grown-Up

The twins are TEN today. One decade has passed since the moments of fleeting (and sometimes lengthy) freakouts that come with mothering two little ones around a house full of bigs. As I drove to work today, I passed the hospital where our twins were born a decade ago. I got a little teary. Ten years ... Read More about A Decade

Time is a funny thing. I never have enough during the day and in the same breath, I feel like time stands still in certain pockets. The time around June 10, 2009, feels like one of those pockets of time that I can recall minute details from the string of days leading up to our third daughter's, ... Read More about Time