On being - . a farm wife -And other hazards Joyce Bupp ‘To be content, just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.” That quote is taped to the edge of one of our kitchen cupboards, at my eye level when I work at the kitchen sink. 1 put it there a few months ago, and try to make a point of reading it frequently. When the quote went up, farm ers in the area had most of the crops in the ground, except per haps some late soybeans. First cut ting of hay was history. And - so it seemed - was the prospect for rain. Day after cloudless day, the sun glared hot and mercilessly, farther parching already dry ground and STEEL BUILDINGS • 26 ga. Galvalume Roof (20 yr. warranty) with stainless steel fasteners. • 2/12 Roof Pitch • 30# live load •20# wind load Get all the steel building yi thought possible! It’s true! Hershey Equipment is offering custom-engineered steel buildings with NO LIMITATIONS ON HEIGHT, WIDTH, OR LENGTH! Let us show you how you can build faster, more economically .. . and get more space for your money than you thought possible! See your new steel building go up faster than your building costs. Call a Hershey Equipment representative today! * Other Buildings Comparably Priced. Mhey equipment COMPANY, INC. i j S Please tell me more as to how I can • S have a strong solid steel building and S S SAVE! j | NAME '■ S ADDRESS j S CITY S | STATE ZIP | COUNTY | PHONE j □ Please have a salesperson call J □I do not wish to see a salesperson 1.--..----..-.--.----.-.-.----- MGi W turning the too-empty insides of bins and bams into bake ovens. Despair and frustration could be sensed in most conversations with farm friends both nearby and from distant states. At the peak of this time of uncertainty and worry, the opening quote almost jumped off the page of a magazine - which one I can’t even remember. I vowed to use it as a reminder to try to be a little more thankful every day. Not just for the biggies - freedom, good health, family and friends, beautiful country, a warm house and plenty to eat - but for some positive little thing each day. Some days, I fail miserably; but the little quote keeps plugging SYCAMORE IND. PARK 255 PLANE TREE DRIVE Ask For Mike Shearer away at trying to make a lasting impression. A broken transmission part on the forage harvester brought thankfulness in a big way one recent day. When it broke, our son at the controls found himself going downhill minus most of the braking and some of the steering capability. Downhill was on the paved road which runs past the farm. With no traffic ahead of him, and no other equipment man euvering on the road, he was able to guide the runaway machine to a safe stop on the flat. Just minutes before, he had fin ished harvesting hilly hayfields in the borough limits of our nearby small town, fields surrounded by houses, cars and people. To get home, he had then traveled the ever-busy main highway, which is all hills, with not a level stretch between here and there. Had the transmission part broken sooner, there could have been a major tragedy. The “something extra” to be thankful for that day was obvious. Then there was the day a loved one returned from a doctor visit with a diagnosis of just an infec tion, easily treatable with antibio tics. And that is certainly some thing for which we give thanks. •26 ga. Sidewalls in color matched wall fasteners, • Straight sidewalls • 3x7 Metal Personnel Door • Clear span - all steel • Freight and applicable tax delivered to site. per square foot than you LANCASTER, PA 17603 (717) 393-5807 A routine exam of my extreme ly nearsighted eyes proved to be just that Routine. And my prized contact lenses continue to give 20-20 vision to a pair of eyes which, without correction, can barely read the giant “E” on those charts. And that is cause for thankfulness. Local fund-raising for a seri ously injured Amish family in another county surpassed hopes of those who helped organize the effort, nearing $60,000 at last report. And it is cause for thanks that so many care so much, as is often shown by the generosity and compassion of folks of this area in response to such needs. I grabbed a cake of clean, fresh smelling soap to rid my hands of bam dirt just a few days ago. And decided I was thankful to not have to concoct my own soap from ani mal fats, wood ashes and lye. And, after a near miss of a NEWARK, DE “Families Caring for Elderly Relatives” will meet Tuesday, November 22, for Route 30 West at the Centerville Exit. 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Except that the feed grinder Had been parked there in the meantime, and fortunately was found by the hand which just hap pened to be traveling slightly ahead of the rest of me. Perhaps a word of thanks is in order for two feet which would carry me to locate a working flash light, if they were so directed. As we pause this week for Thanksgiving. I’m thankful again for having found that little quote which puts much of our everyday concerns into prospective. ‘To be content, just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you have right now, and then got it back again.” an open discussion of concerns. This program, sponsored by Dela ware Cooperative Extension, is for families who have a relative living independently, living with them, or living in a nursing home. The meetings are held at the Adult Day Care Center at the University of Delaware, on the comer of Lovett and Academy Streets in Newark. Prices
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