My struggle with weight loss hurt my family

by Amanda Wells // June 13, 2019 // 12 Comments

People always ask me about my weight. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s the fact I’ve birthed six babies and they freely commented on my appearance during pregnancy that now they feel it’s still appropriate (although it never was). I... Continue reading →

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Not all dairy farms are equal

by Amanda Wells // June 10, 2019 // No Comments

June is the national dairy month, so when Joelle Hess, of Hess Dairy Farms in Fielding, Utah, offered to give me an up-close view of their farm, I jumped at the chance. Farming is a misunderstood industry and through this... Continue reading →

From dairy beginnings to agritourism, the Southern Belle Farm has it all

by Amanda Wells // June 3, 2019 // No Comments

For almost twenty years, this Georgia farm sat untouched, the gates shut tight leaving the townspeople wondering if it would ever make a comeback. But when Jake Carter, the fifth generation of this farming family, came home from college... Continue reading →

Farm Tour Across America: Educating the public on farming

by Amanda Wells // May 30, 2019 // No Comments

Sometimes people think they know what they’re talking about. They offer advice and give their two cents. But they don’t always know when it’s appropriate to share or keep it shut. Like farming. We get calls all the time about... Continue reading →

Lord, let me be inconvenienced by my family

by Amanda Wells // May 11, 2019 // 3 Comments

“Amanda, I need you!” he called to me from the front porch. Normally, I’m glad to be called my own name and not so-and-so’s mama or Wesley’s wife or that mom of six or whatever. But this time, one of... Continue reading →

To my forever valentine

by Amanda Wells // February 12, 2019 // No Comments

To my forever valentine Dear husband, I’ll never forget the early years where we laughed and laughed at the things people said we’d fight over. Toilet paper. Toothpaste. Money. You laughed and left my toilet paper roll on the stand... Continue reading →

I’m married now but I still won’t be celebrating Valentine’s Day

by Amanda Wells // February 4, 2019 // No Comments

❤️ I never liked Valentine’s Day. ❤️ It was always the day filled with couples boasting their love for one another, however short that lasted in middle school. It was always the day my girlfriends received singing grams and... Continue reading →

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