The Day I Lost Faith in the Stubborn Pride of Farmers
Your support keeps me going, I really appreciate you!I’d worked with Jeff for a few weeks out on the farm, about half a year before he took his own life. I can’t remember if I was driving yet. I suspect I wasn’t.His dad had sent him to work at our place to see if a change of scenery would do him any good. I immediately sensed Jeff’s pain, but I didn’t have the tools to help. I lacked the wisdom. I lacked the understanding. I had compassion, but that proved to be… useless.At no point did anyone ever consider trying a tactic that didn’t involve back-breaking labor.“Let’s sweat it out of…
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