Big City vs. Big Country
In order for anyone to fully understand how a once "City Slicker" like myself, ended up living "Happily Ever After," in the country and on a farm, you will need to learn a little bit about my past. From age 1 until graduating from High School, I lived in the same house, on the same street, with the same neighbors. While growing up, I could not wait to move out of what I thought was a crappy little old town into the big sparkly glamorous city. Thus, upon a crisp white letter arriving in the mail from Ryerson University, I replied with a big fat check mark to "accept." That September I was living in residence in the heart of Toronto. One key figure that I fail to mention, is that I was already in love with a guy who lived in Bowmanville, by the name of, Mark Bragg. He was a farmer and co-owner of Bragg's Wild Birdseed and we had been dating for just over 3 years when I did the big move to the city. While I loved the freedom and independence I gained, being away from my parents it didn't take long before I was extremely home sick. I came home every weekend to visit friends, family and most of all my boyfriend, who became my fiance in year 4 at Ryerson.While studying at Ryerson those first few exciting weeks turned into very difficult months and months turned into years, and at the end of my degree I could not wait to be back home. Little did I know then, that farm that I would visit and miss so much would be mine someday.After I married the love of my life and best friend, I moved into his beautiful house on the farm. The city has become a place where I used to belong and now it is only a place where I like to visit. The country however, has become my blissful abode. Mind you, I may go down in history as being the most fashionable and non practical farmer's wife to ever exist. While I left the city behind, the makeup, fashion, and stilettos are still a MUST in my life. And, I have no shame trucking through the corn field in my leopard heels! After 2 years of living on this farm, people are still shocked to hear that I am a farmers wife! But, what else can I do but Bragg about my life in the country!
