If money were no object...

A close friend of mine was posed a question, “If money were no object, what would you do with your life?”  

Who can resist answering these types of quandaries in their own heads before even hearing another’s answer?  

In my own mind’s eye, I dream up more pasture closer to my family’s ranch outside of Limon, CO.  She started her answer the same way.  Having more land, more cows, and thus more opportunity.  We shared our dreams of keeping up our fences, pickups, and facilities rather than buying new ones or hiring someone else to do it.  

“No, not your husband’s dream, what is your dream?”

We laughed as we realized it was our dream too!  Despite being women, neither of us wanted a lavish house, new vehicles, or jewelry.  It took me back to listening to my father-in-law describing his retirement on an open hay meadow in the Montana valleys.  I would tease him that he would never really retire because he would spend the money he made on calves to buy more cows.  Even if he does make it to Montana on a grassy plain, he will still hay it to feed livestock!

Sounds like a nice twilight of any rancher’s life.

I wasn’t born into this life.  For those of us who weren’t, we all know it doesn’t take long for it become a part of us; not because we just love cows or wide open spaces, but because everything we do in this life is productive, life-giving and nurturing.  All of which points us back to God, His creation, and our good stewardship of it.