09/11/2026
If you’ve followed along with our farm for a while, you may have noticed a decline in social media presence this year. I’ve gotten a surprising and honestly rather touching number of messages this summer from people reaching out to ask if I’m okay. I’m a very private person, but if it’s affecting my brand and I want my brand to feel genuine, then I feel the need to acknowledge the disconnect. My absence from social media started out unintentional, then nothing felt right to share. If we’re friends on Facebook, or you follow my farm page there, you likely saw me share a tribute to my mother-in-law after her passing in early July. It’s been an incredibly difficult summer trying to balance the day-to-day with our family and our growing farm, while doing our best to care for her and still witness her decline. Her passing, though expected, was a shock to our systems. I was blessed with a mother-in-law I was very fond of, always admired, and respected deeply. While the loss hurt me, watching my husband lose his mother and my kids their maw-maw, broke my heart in ways I can’t even put into words. As a woman, wife, and mother myself, picking up the pieces of her life and legacy touches my spirit uniquely and sometimes that hurts the most. Our life hit pause and the farm moved in slow motion.. at least it felt that way. For once, I wished we had help, employees to rely on, something to help balance the burden. With each day passing, we’re slowly moving forward and coming back to our new normal. I didn’t drop off the face of the earth, I just quietly retreated and took time to be present without any pressure to perform in a way that didn’t feel genuine to how I was feeling. This is a family farm after all. My family and my farm needed me first. The rest is just extra.