Ok, It's December 23rd. I milk once in a while for a local dairyman. I am always amazed at the everyday....everyday....everyday, involved with owning a dairy. I can take a day off to be with my family. The dairy always milks, three times a day, rain, snow, holiday, family emergency...always.
I spoke to my uncle over the Thanksgiving holidays. This man is in his late 70's and has worked his whole life to support his wife and five kids. He told me that he has a tremendous respect for the police, firefighters and farmers. He was none of these professions but did work very hard. I am suprised at how the farmer/ dairyman of today is viewed. My uncle's generation has a tremendous respect for these professions. I hear it from my mom and other relatives of that generation. I don't feel that the younger generation feels that same way about these three professions. My only proof of this is the number of farms that are not being handed down to the younger generation. They don't want that lifestyle. It is very hard.
So with just days til Christmas, I would like to thank all of the men and women who don't get a holdiay with the rest of us. The police, the firefighters, the doctors and nurses and the farmers/dairymen and women. At the end of the day they are the ones that keep us going as a country.
Ok, that is my rambling for tonight. Let me know your thoughts.
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