I don\u2019t usually let things get under my skin, but today? I nearly lost it.<\/p>\n
It started at the feed store. I was there picking up mineral blocks and fencing wire, dressed in my usual gear\u2014mud-stained boots, faded jeans, and my long blonde braid tucked under an old baseball cap. The guy behind the counter gave me this look, like I\u2019d wandered in by mistake, and asked if I was looking for the gift shop.<\/p>\n
I said, \u201cNope. Just here for the same supplies I\u2019ve been buying every week for ten years.\u201d<\/p>\n
He laughed. Then he asked if my \u201chusband\u201d would be loading the truck.<\/p>\n
I told him my husband took off five years ago and, funny enough, the cows didn\u2019t seem to notice. I run 240 acres on my own\u2014mending fences, hauling hay, delivering calves at two in the morning. But people see a woman with blonde hair and assume she\u2019s just playing rancher.<\/p>\n
Even my neighbors still act like I need supervision. Roy, the guy across the creek, pops by to \u201ccheck in\u201d on my fences like I didn\u2019t graduate top of my ag science class. He says things like \u201cDon\u2019t overdo it, sweetheart\u201d while I\u2019m patching his busted water line in the dead of winter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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