84-Uhcaster Farming, Saturday, June 24, 1995
On Being a
Farm Wife
(and other
hazards) j
Joyce Bupp
Baked beans. Lasagna. Pot Pie.
Double doors of the church
social hall doors swing open to
new arrivals, bearing more steam
ing casseroles and kettles.
Baked ham. Fried chicken. Piz
za. Spaghetti.
Offerings already weighing
down the long table are shuffled
closer together, to make room for
the growing array of mouth
watering family favorites.
Macaroni salad. Potato salad.
Tossed salad. Broccoli salad.
“Cholesterol City,” wisecracks
a family member, plate in hand, as
he lines up to select from the
groaning tables of food. Greetings
and laughter pervade this informal
gathering of familiar and unfamil
iar faces, several dozen of us, kin
folk by blood and by marriage.
Family reunions. Marked by
more food than we can collective-
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Chocolate cake. Chocolate pie.
Brownies.
“Guess I’ll hit the dessert
table,” grins our son-in-law, awed
that the array of sweets even sur
passes the entrees. We kiddingly
debate if he’s safe to go ahead of
me in line and chance being run
over by his dessert-loving mother
in-law.
Coconut cream pie. Cookies.
Jello molds. Candy. Fruit trays.
Actually, on this Sunday after
noon I’m quite content to just
relax and watch while others line
up for their selection of sweets.
Because, the sweetest thing at this
whole gathering is just inches
away, snoozing contentedly in his
snuggly-cushioned, infant carrier
seat
Our new grandson.
Attending his first family
gathering at two weeks of age,
Joshua Andrew is oblivious to the
food, the fussing over him ; the
barrage of questions everyone
runs by his proud parents. Already
at this tender age, he has exper
ienced birth, a two-day stay in
neonatal intensive care after arriv
ing with pneumonia, phenomenal
recovery after payers from Pen
nsylvania to Alaska, a cross
country flight and endless atten
tion from a barrage of adoring
parents, grandparents, great
grandparents and assorted rela
tives and friends.
And through it all gained a
pound to add to his original nine
plus.
The sweetest, most precious
baby God ever made, fiut then, I
might be prejudiced.
It’s allowed. I’m assured.
Few things tighten the knots in
family ties like new babies. Who
does it look like? Whose nose,
hair, mouth, ears, etc. does the
baby have? (Daddy’s, in Josh’s
case, right down to his abundant,
dark hair.)
If it weren’t for babies, family
reunions wouldn’t be.
Sure, we could gather to share
the groaning board, but it would
be just another group dinner.
There would be no need to retell
the funny family stories, re-look at
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the old photographs, rehash the
“remember whens.” Reunions re
establish roots—and all babies
need roots.
Like most kids. Josh will prob
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togethers boring once he hits
elementary school age until he,
too, reaches fatherhood. Then,
suddenly, family roots, family his-
Agri-Women Fly-In
To Support Farming
Washington, D.C.—American
Agri-Women (AAW) members
and leaders met with key agency
and congressional leaders during
the organization’s annual Fly-In.
Areas of interest and concern
included reforms to food safety
regulations, the Endangered Spe
cies Act, property rights, resource
management, tax and insurance
laws.
Meeting with top USDA Admi
nistrators, 47 members heard
updates on the USDA reorganiza
tion, trade outlook for agricultural
commodities, new crop insurance
programs and the Ag in the Class
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Dr. Wendy Gramm, chairman
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importance of women in the poli
cy setting process, and discussed
current trade issues. Gramm
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ture sector is opening up trade and
enhancing private properly rights
and free enterprise.”
At the well attended reception
hosted by AAW for members of
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tory, traditions, take on a whole
new meaning once you become a
parent. Who we are and where
we’ve come fron are much more
significant in the fast-passing
course of our lives.
So, a new leaf has sprouted on
our sprawling family trees. Wel
come, baby Joshua!
Congress and staffers, AAW pres
ident Ardath DeWall concluded
“Our work here has been most
worthwhile and encouraging.”
Members discussed AAW’s prior
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