Lending a Hand to the Plow

There were tears, smiles, laughter and quiet memories as local farmers gathered for one last chance to return a favor to one known to give to anyone who had a need.

Life seldom ends on a schedule. Too often family get that phone call no parent wants to answer. From that point, life changes. The son or daughter is no longer walking among the living. Conversations become like retrieving memories from a shelf.

In the course of moving forward, there comes addressing the details of when everyone believed life would move on. On Saturday, the Gipfert family learned how blessed they are when friends o...