“We decided it was time to buy our dream home. We wanted something laid back, where we could have animals. “I grew up around animals in Louisiana, where my dad was. There were chickens, ducks, hogs. He raised them to butcher them. I’d come home … Continue reading‘Dream home’ serves as farm animal rescue
“I’m originally from Louisiana, a little town called Mamou. Everyone called it Big Mamou. As I was growing up, our family worked on the farms. We were in the fields picking sweet potatoes, cotton, soybeans, peanuts, watermelon. You name it, we did it. And everything … Continue readingFarm-worker family had their share of challenges
“We used to have a farm in Ashdown, Arkansas, this little, bitty town about 20 miles north of Texarkana. It was really inexpensive to live there. We had a small home on a dead-end road. I liked the open space and the quiet. But I … Continue readingLife on the farm had its share of challenges