I’ve never owned a Harley or any other big bike for that matter. \u00a0Decades ago, I had almost pulled the trigger on a ’91 Fatboy that was in El Paso. \u00a0Instead, my brother Jake and I bought a set of Hereford cow\/calf pairs. \u00a0Good decision as those rips were profitable. \u00a0Nonetheless, I still kind of wish that I would have bought the bike.<\/p>\n
Tuesday evening found me responding to a book face post. \u00a0Halie Schovanec had posted pics, that she had taken, of Chesley Comstock. \u00a0Dudes, I literally sat in one place for a bit. \u00a0I sat there, just reminiscing at how many AWESOME kids that I have had the honor to deal with on a regular basis. \u00a0Yes, I’m getting old.<\/p>\n
Halie is doing well and is engaged. \u00a0Chesley is raising the bar higher & higher. \u00a0She was just named an outstanding OSU grad. \u00a0That crew of kids that are now 19-24ish turned out wicked awesome. \u00a0And there was so many of them.<\/p>\n
Later, I was sitting on my donkey, just watching a movie with my family. \u00a0 A buddy tried to call about 9 pm. \u00a0Oh hell, he’s wanting to talk quail hunting. \u00a0I thought to myself, “I’ll call him back in the morning.”<\/p>\n
Bout 11 pm, I get a text. \u00a0I looked at it, cocked my head sideways, read it again, my eyes watered up and then I responded. \u00a0$h!t\u2026\u2026. \u00a0 \u00a0NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!<\/p>\n
Tonight, I just got on my loader tractor. \u00a0Cab-less. \u00a0The weather was perfect. \u00a0I just needed to move some bales out of the field. \u00a0The wind was in my hair\u2026and people, I do have some hair at this point. \u00a0That dude in Cabery, IL might want to write some stuff about unleashing hair genetics. \u00a0Well, the covid has allowed me to unleash the Schneider white hair genetics. \u00a0Salt-N- Pepa is a real thing on this skull. \u00a0Chin, scalp, ear, nose\u2026all of the above. Lots of gray hair.<\/p>\n
One of the kids that I was looking forward to seeing while in this current “shag” mode was Chancery Bruce. \u00a0One, she would look at me in the eyes to make sure that it was me. \u00a0But she wouldn’t have said anything until she heard me speak. \u00a0Then, her eyes would get big and for fear that her grandmother reads this, I won’t type what she would have said. \u00a0But she would have told me that I looked bad.<\/p>\n
The Bruce family are friends of ours. \u00a0Hell, they are friends of anybody that has ever met them. \u00a0Brandon the Bruce has been mentioned on this blog MANY times. \u00a0Chancery was the best of all of us. \u00a0Nobody ever said a negative word about her. \u00a0She looked like her mom, acted like her dad, was ornery like her grandparents and had the work ethic of all of them. \u00a0The only thing that Chancery didn’t have was a line on a resume with a big goat win. \u00a0That would be my failure. \u00a0 She made premium sales and did very well but I never got that right one for her.<\/p>\n
I’ve got several stories but there are 2 that keep rising to the top.<\/p>\n
The first one is that I did not want to ride that wagon down the ramp at the American Royal. \u00a0I mouthed off about it, she heard it and then Chancery is the one that didn’t let me back out of it.<\/p>\n
The second one comes from the month of May in 2017. \u00a0Duke & I were getting ready to make a run into Texas. \u00a0Chancery texted me. \u00a0“Dad needs a vacation from farming. \u00a0We need a vacation from Dad. \u00a0Can you please take him to Texas with you?”<\/p>\n
We did take Brandon the Bruce on a trip with us. \u00a0We were well behaved. \u00a0Just Duke, Brandon and I. \u00a0It was a great trip. \u00a0Great Trip!<\/p>\n
Such a cool spirit that is no longer here. \u00a0 Just one of those bad timing car wrecks that is really nobody’s fault. \u00a0 But Damn!!!<\/p>\n
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Great, great family that has always stepped up to help others. \u00a0All I ask, is for you people to say a quick prayer. \u00a0Or a long one. \u00a0The Bruce family is the kind that always helps others.<\/p>\n
I may have to stop typing. \u00a0I don’t think keyboards work well with moisture in the keys. \u00a0This deal is kicking my ass.<\/p>\n
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