Life Is a Gift

Life. It is something different for everyone. For me, it is pushing cows 15 miles to summer range on a 90 degree day. It is waking up at 5 am and throwing a leg over my little cowpony and not getting home until nightfall. It is spending all the time I possibly can with the people I love, and the rest of it doing what I love. I have made a promise to myself not to waste my life doing things that make me unhappy. My life is precious  to me. I am grateful for it. Life is beautiful, simple,  and a GIFT. A gift from God himself. He gave us life and free agency to make our life what we want it to be. He blessed me with the gift to create life, and because of that I have the most beautiful baby. Each one of our lives is also precious to Him, Including those unborn. Each soul has great potential on this earth, each life bringing something new and beautiful in a unique way that this world NEEDS. The world needs the innocent, the beautiful souls, the sweet and happy and lovely. Let us remember what a gift life is, let us not squander it, and ESPECIALLY let us not take it away from someone else. 💔 #thecowboyswife #ranchwife #ranchlife #prolife #savethebabies #lifeisprecious #lifeisagift #happylife

Men and Women Were NOT Created Equal

Why is masculine a word with such negative connotations? What is wrong with men being masculine? Men and women were created to be different for many reasons! They're NOT the same and men and women are NOT equals. If they were they wouldn't make a good team.

Men were created to be bigger and stronger than women. They are our protectors and our providers. I think it's wonderful to see a tough woman who can hold her own and take care of herself...but I see it as a weakness when a woman has too much pride to accept help from a man. Women can be tough and men can be tender, but let's not forget that it is okay to fill our natural roles.

I married a cowboy. He is strong and tough, a real man's man. He is very masculine. However, his hands tough as leather are so soft and gentle holding our child, or holding me when I need a shoulder to lean on. He is a real man because he easily fills his manly roles but isn't afraid to be gentle and tender.

I, too, fill my specific roles. As a woman, I find it easy to be thoughtful and caring. I think about others' needs because I am a caretaker...it's what I was made to do. I take pride in this. I love caring for my family. Even though I'm the caretaker, I'm not afraid to step into other roles. Living on a ranch means hard work from everyone. I can cuss cattle just as good as my husband!

Together, my man and I, we make a great team because we work together to fill all the roles. Society has damned traditional roles of men and women, but to me they are essential. He needs me to clean the house and cook the meals and take care of the children. And I need him just as much to be provider. Sure, we each step in to both roles because marriage is a team effort. However, we both have our places. I am better at gentling or gaining the trust of a skittish colt; he is better at riding the bucks out of them. Our roles are not equal but are of equal importance. This is something the world has forgotten.

The world is crazy in this day and age. People are confused by their own gender, which blows my mind. Anything traditional is considered politically incorrect. My saying that I think men should be men and women should be women is politically incorrect. We need to bring this world back to sanity, one manly man at a time, political correctness be damned!
- The rambling thoughts of a cowboy's wife