If anyone could give you lessons on how to be a country girl, it would be me. I have lived on a farm all my life surrounded by cows, pigs, and lots of fields. I have grown up a country girl. Many of you haven’t. So, let me give you a few tips.
Country girls love wide open spaces. We love having over 100 acres to roam and play. All of this space just screams at you to hop on your four-wheeler, and come ride (of course, it never fails that, at some point, you’re going to break the four-wheeler mud digging).
Country girls also aren’t afraid to get dirty. A little bit of mud never hurt anybody. Every once in awhile you may experience the occasional cow patty, or mud from the pigs, on your boot. Dirt and sweat become another body part. At times, getting dirty is fun! I can still remember running inside soaking wet and covered in mud from giving my show pig a bath. But, I was also grinning from ear to ear.
If you want to be a country girl, you must also love animals. Over the span of my childhood, some of my best friends were animals. I showed rabbits and pigs with the 4-H. My show pig was spoiled rotten. I would feed her all kinds of snacks, and even snuggle with her when I was having a bad day. My rabbits were almost the same way, and when I was really small, my daddy would sit me on his hogs. When I was younger, some of my darkest secrets were told to my animals. I was taught to love animals but also realize that their purpose in life is to feed us.
A real country girl will swim in ponds. It’s the country version of a swimming pool, and it’s amazing. You can run and jump off the pier into that cold water, or fish a little before you take a swim. It’s not as clear as a swimming pool, but swimming pools also don’t have catfish in them!
Country girls learn how to drive a tractor before we learn to drive a car. We can whip that big ‘ole thing through a series of cones and back a trailer right up, just inches from a pole. We also know how to stab a bale of hay, so boys, don’t mess with us.
Of all these things, the one thing that is most important to being a country girl is our deep love of God. Faith is a huge part of my life, and I wake up every morning ready to try to live out God’s plan for me.
As a country girl, I have lived by the motto: "Faith, Family, and Farming." That is what defines me as a person and the way I live. Live by those words, and you will be a true country girl.
