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    Learning to let go.
    Darci
    • Aug 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Learning to let go.

    I know you are probably thinking "why am I looking at a picture of a potty chair?" This silly little potty chair has given me so much...
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    Farmcation
    Darci
    • Jun 30, 2021
    • 2 min

    Farmcation

    When your livelihood is in agriculture (especially livestock) we all know how difficult it is to “get off the place.” In our house...
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    Run. Run. Run...
    Darci
    • Apr 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    Run. Run. Run...

    Run. Run. Run… I have literally and figuratively been running like a mad woman lately trying to keep up with training for a half marathon...
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    "Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them..."
    Darci
    • Mar 10, 2021
    • 3 min

    "Before you count your friends, make sure you can count on them..."

    One thing I have struggled with in life (and unfortunately my kids are in midst of also) is friendships. Friendships can be so difficult...
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    Calving versus Mother Nature
    Darci
    • Feb 3, 2021
    • 2 min

    Calving versus Mother Nature

    There is an old wives’ tale that says, 90 days after fog there will be moisture. I think the past two months has brought us more fog than...
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    The Loss of "Family" Christmas
    Darci
    • Dec 17, 2020
    • 2 min

    The Loss of "Family" Christmas

    Some of my greatest memories growing up were in a big house in Ashton, South Dakota. Family Christmas at my grandma’s house were always...
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    Anxious Mess
    Darci
    • Oct 28, 2020
    • 2 min

    Anxious Mess

    “My anxiety doesn’t come from thinking about the future, but from wanting to control it.”  ~Hugh Prather~ Uneasiness, apprehension,...
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    No Substitute for Safety
    Darci
    • Sep 23, 2020
    • 2 min

    No Substitute for Safety

    Each and everyday farm families put their lives on the line in order to help do their part to not only make their operations flow and...
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    Impromptu Party for You
    Darci
    • Aug 26, 2020
    • 2 min

    Impromptu Party for You

    Taking time is always something that is so hard for me, I always feel like I need a few more hours in every day to get everything...
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    Play. Slay. Pray.
    Darci
    • Jul 22, 2020
    • 2 min

    Play. Slay. Pray.

    The other day as I was out with my husband fixing fence in tall weeds, bugs biting and near water (which I despise!) I started thinking...
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    AI Basics from an everyday Ranch Wife
    Darci
    • Jul 1, 2020
    • 2 min

    AI Basics from an everyday Ranch Wife

    Anyone who owns cattle knows how much work goes into each and every animal… I have heard so many times from uneducated people, “what the...
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    "Don't you know how that happens?"
    Darci
    • Jun 3, 2020
    • 2 min

    "Don't you know how that happens?"

    If I had a dollar for every time someone asked my husband or me, “8 kids? Don’t you know how that happens?” I would be rich. You see my...
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    The importance of filling my own cup.
    Darci
    • May 6, 2020
    • 2 min

    The importance of filling my own cup.

    It's been a tough morning at the Martinmaas house, so I put on my running clothes, put on some 90's Christian music and just started...
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    This is not what I signed up for...
    Darci
    • Apr 8, 2020
    • 3 min

    This is not what I signed up for...

    I cannot count how many times I have said the words, "this is not what I signed up for..." over the last 15 years of marriage, farming...
    203 views0 comments
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