The Farmer's Daughter

Misc. Ramblings About Life

Me

   After about 25 years as a stay-at-home mom and 27 years of marriage, was left to figure life out on my own. I’m the mom of two wonderful and supportive adult children and three chihuahuas.  I’ve found my passion in life and am working my way through college to become a high school agriculture teacher and FFA advisor. 

The start to the newest chapter in life has been a hard one, debilitating at times, but I have continued to pick myself up off the floor and move forward. I’m learning that if I continue moving forward, picking myself up when falling, I can do so much more than I ever realized. Family and friends are everything to me…

Peace,

Mel.

15 responses to “Me”

  1. M. Talmage Moorehead Avatar
    M. Talmage Moorehead

    I suspect that when we find ourselves, it’s actually that we find where our (awakened) passion and our (cultivated) ability to do something cross. Areas to consider searching for passion might include fiction writing, a concern for a specific type of human suffering, spirituality, risking your life to ride a motorcycle, and tutoring deaf children. To help develop your gift for anything, you might read, “The Talent Code” by Daniel Coyle. https://www.amazon.com/Talent-Code-Greatness-Born-Grown-ebook/dp/B0026OR1UK?ie=UTF8&btkr=1&ref_=dp-kindle-redirect

    I think free will helps explain a lot of the human condition. It’s like a delicate muscle within the inner ear (like the stapedius), needing exercise for strength and also protection from loud damaging forces. Good luck with your journey. 🙂

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Completely agree!!! Will definitely check that book out. Thanks!

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  2. notthedane56 Avatar
    notthedane56

    You’ve read a lot of my posts, so now I’ll be reading yours. I miss the kind of Americana that you write about, as I’ve lived in Denmark all these years now. I still feel like I’m more American, than Dane, but it doesn’t really matter that much, because I am still the me that used to only hear English spoken all the time, just existing in another time and place.

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Thank you! Really enjoy your writing! Enjoy your humor as well! Found you while looking into Denmark tags. Would love to visit some day and visit some of the places where my ancestors came from. Have a good one!

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  3. ksbeth Avatar
    ksbeth

    i understand your journey, i went through this myself once. i love your approach and look forward to following and reading your blog. thank you for following mine. p.s. my mother’s name was mel, short for amelia. beth

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Love that! Mine is Melanee’, too much of a mouthful! Have a good one!

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  4. TanGental Avatar
    TanGental

    thanks so much for coming over and following my eclectic blog; hope you find something you like there…

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  5. Soul Gifts Avatar
    Soul Gifts

    Thank you, Mel, for following my blog. I think we all go through that stuff about needing to rediscover ourselves at some point in life. New love is so all-encompassing – we immerse ourselves into a relationship that leaves little, if any me-time. then there’s work, family….until one day we wake up, look in the mirror and wonder who that person is! I wish you well on your journey back to yourself. It’s an adventure full of ups and downs. It’s all good 🙂

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Thank you! Love the way you said it! ❤

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  6. Per Almestrand Avatar
    Per Almestrand

    Hi I found this site on google loking for Alfred Jr. “Booty” Kiertzner, your Great Uncle Booty’ (
    Alfred Jr. “Booty” Kiertzner ) had a mom called Margrethe Kiertzner højfeldt, and she was born in Denmark ( europe ) Margrethe had a brother called Otto Valdemar Rasmus højfeldt, and that was my great-grandfather

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Oh me goodness! Otto who eventually moved to California?

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  7. Mel Pete Avatar
    Mel Pete

    Ugh, thinking of the wrong Otto…Booty’s dad had a brother Otto as well…he was the one that wound up in California.

    Hello distant Hojfeldt cousin!

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  8. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    I am a born and bred country girl and grew up on a farm I have now come full circle the farm however instead of being in England is in sunny Thailand…Exciting, different and definitely a learning curve…Thank you for the follow I look forward to reading some of your posts I may learn something 🙂

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    1. Mel Pete Avatar
      Mel Pete

      Love reading and learning of how things differ around the world!

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      1. Carol Avatar
        Carol

        So do I Mel 🙂

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