Mother Nature is a beautiful woman.
But sometimes, she can get pretty darn ornery.
On Saturday, she sent some brutal winds to knock over farm equipment and basketball hoops, and she sent a sky full of ice down to pummel 1100 acres of some of the most beautiful crops this family of farmers has ever seen. It’s sad to watch months of growing go to waste in one short stormy hour. It’s sad to watch once luscious crops, waving in the breeze only that morning, lying crushed on the ground.
Next year will be better.
Because like one of our neighbors said, this is “Next Year Country.”
Next year, the rain will come.
Next year, the hail won’t.
Next year, the prices will be sky high.
Next year, we’ll have our best crops yet.
Because if there’s one thing we’re good at around here, it’s looking forward to making things better, now and in the future.
Especially when this year didn’t quite turn out as planned.
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