Some days are Sunny, others are a B*tch

30 day Blogging-Nov 10, 2021

PROMPT November 10th

Your neighbor’s hay crop is ready to harvest. Everyone in their family is sick and their Combine is broken. How do you respond to this situation?


I am late getting this up and I have a world of good excuses. I don’t have much to contribute to this. I know nothing about farming although that is what my grandparents did as sharecroppers.

I do know that farmers tend to help each other out. I would help any neighbor out, whatever I could do. I could use my nursing skills to make the family more comfortable. I could cook a big pot of soup. I would be the organizer and call someone who does know something about the actual farming. Surely someone has a combine that can be used.

I can remember my Dad talking about barn raising. Neighbors truly did get together in the 1920’s and built actual homes and barns. I think people still care today just as much about each other. Americans are wonderful at helping strangers out when natural disasters happen, they raise money and physically do a lot. Churches and local people are usually your first responders before the government. People are mostly kind and caring and do what they can.

I would also get kids involved. They are always proud of themselves when they see what they can accomplish plus they have the energy that I lack these days.