farmer's daughter

Meet "The Gretch". I've known this gal since she was a kid. Literally. I moved to Greenwood, Indiana in 2005 just up the road from her and her family farm. I've been lucky to have them in my life since. She's on this episode for a specific reason; to provide some insight into grief/life from losing a parent (mother) too soon. This is a quasi-tribute to her mom, Sara. I'll definitely have her back because she's not just 'a girl who lost her mother'. She's hilarious and creative and super smart. Her spiritual gifts include knowing the lyrics to most rap, hip-hop, and country songs. Who doesn't need that at a party? WARNING: she tells a very funny thing at one point that made her have to put a quarter in the swear jar but I did NOT bleep it out because it would ruin the story. Deal with it.

So I talked my Momma into doing an episode basically because I can never remember the stories of her life and needed to record her telling some of them so I can pass them to my own kids. Raised on a farm, she lived a very different life than most of us. Heck, I know lots of farmers, and she lived a different life than even them. She's the hardest working PERSON I know (not female, but person). Her memory is wicked great and she spends this episode telling some amazing (and even crazy) stories about her childhood and how her own mom was basically dropped off on a doorstep as a toddler. She's 4'9" tall but lives like she's 6'5. I love her very much and I'm lucky she's my mom.