Re: Just a Farmer

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• To: "Richard J. Noffke" <c*@execpc.com>
• Subject: Re: Just a Farmer
• From: V* f* <v*@netexpress.net>
• Date: Wed, 16 Apr 1997 06:18:03 -0500
• References: <199704161038.FAA30017@mailgate.execpc.com>

For Farmer's Wives

There must be tucked away in heaven
A special little place
A corner marked "For Farmer's Wives"
With laughter, lists and lace.

The laughter, for without it
We dear farmerwives would despair;
We need it to encourage
And uplift our men in prayer.

The list, of things to "get in town" 
For dinners in the field.
We need memos of tractor parts~
"You sure M'am, does it squeal?"

The lace, as a reminder
Of the feminine side of us.
Those overalls get awfully warm~
We need to "primp and fuss.

But I'm grateful for this union
And I thank God with my heart;
That I can share these earthly dreams,
That I can have a part.

(Author Unknown)

Richard J. Noffke wrote:
> 
> "Just a farmer," you said,
> And I laughed 'cause I knew
> All the things that farmers
> Must be able to do.
> 
> They must study the land,
> Then watch the sky
> And figure out just when
> is the right time and why
> 
> To sow and to plant
> To buy and to sell
> To go to the market
> With cattle and well-
> 
> You know the books
> That farmers must keep
> To pay all those taxes
> And be able to sleep
> 
> And you know the fixin'
> That farmers must do
> When machines like mad monsters
> Break a gasket or two.
> 
> I guess when God needed
> Folks to care for his earth
> He chose "just farmers"
> 'cause He knew their true worth.
> 
>                 Helen Coon

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