My Grandpa

My Grandma sent me this picture of my Grandpa earlier this week, and I just fell in love with it! My Grandpa went to my nephew's school for Farm Day yesterday, and this is one of the pictures he shared with his Kindergarten class. I wish I could have been there! My Grandpa is an amazing Farmer and man of God. He is one of the most hard working people that I know. He spent many years getting very little sleep so that he could farm as well as work at a local grocery store so that he could provide food for the rescue mission. I found this neat poem, and I thought I would share it today.

I’m Just a Farmer, Plain and Simple
By Bobby Collier

I’m just a farmer,
Plain and simple.
Not of a royal birth
But rather, a worker of the earth.

I know not of riches
But rather, of patches on my britches
I know of draught and rain,
Of pleasure and pain.

I know of the good and the bad,
The happy and the sad.
I am a man of emotions.

A man who loves this land,
And the beauty of its sand.
I know of a spring’s fresh flow
And autumn’s golden glow,
Of a newborn calf’s hesitation,
And the eagle’s destination.

I know of tall pines,
And long, waiting lines.
Of the warmth of campfires,
And the agony of flat tires.

But I am a man who loves his job
And the life I live.

I am a man who works with God,
I cannot succeed without his help,
For you see,
I’m just a farmer
Plain and simple.