JUNIOR SCENE
Was Life Ever “ Normal ?” by Riley Smith , NALJA Director
Hello again everybody ! This has been an exciting , yet stressful time of year for me . While I tried to finish the school year out strong , a large majority of my time seems to be spent thinking about how a certain cow ’ s calf will look if bred to a particular sire and help plan the National Junior Limousin Show & Congress . Many of you have spent the past few weeks focusing on show season and each of you will no doubt bring the heat in terms of quality cattle .
During the beginning parts of the COVID-19 pandemic , I think we all had a chance to slow down . Honestly , I had kind of forgotten what a full schedule looked like up until a couple of weeks ago . Events would be postponed or spread apart , and many were not available to attend in-person , so we all stayed home . But lately , life has been speeding back up . While I am so thankful for things opening back up , I feel like I spend half of my days needing to relearn how to use a calendar , and the other half trying to figure out how I am going to fit into the “ going out ” clothes that I stopped wearing over a year ago !
As time keeps passing by , I hear folks daily say , “ Gosh ! I can ’ t wait for life to just get back to normal already !” At the beginning parts of the pandemic I totally agreed , but as I have had some time to reflect and think back to pre-COVID-19 , I really begin to wonder . Was life as we know it ever actually normal ? I mean , think about it . Yesterday , the weaned calves found the hole in the fence , today a water line busted , and the feed truck had a flat , and tomorrow who knows what could happen on the farm or ranch ! To me , asking for normality is almost like asking for an easy way out . Instead , I believe we should all persevere and work towards a better tomorrow , rather than long for an easier day that we may have had in the past . If we don ’ t focus on the
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