Kristi Noem

Well, you know, my dad wasn't a talker. He was a doer. And so it was, it took me probably five or six months before I could clean out his pickup. You know, farmers and ranchers live in their pickup, everything they have, their notes, their pens, their tools.

Well, you know, my dad wasn't a talker. He was a doer. And so it was, it took me probably five or six months before I could clean out his pickup. You know, farmers and ranchers live in their pickup, everything they have, their notes, their pens, their tools.

Well, you know, my dad wasn't a talker. He was a doer. And so it was, it took me probably five or six months before I could clean out his pickup. You know, farmers and ranchers live in their pickup, everything they have, their notes, their pens, their tools.

I, you know, even I talk about the fact that he always had a case of warm seven up and old candy bars or whatever in his backseat of his truck. And, You know, you just, everything that was important was in his pickup. And it took me a long time to go clean out his pickup after he passed away.

I, you know, even I talk about the fact that he always had a case of warm seven up and old candy bars or whatever in his backseat of his truck. And, You know, you just, everything that was important was in his pickup. And it took me a long time to go clean out his pickup after he passed away.

I, you know, even I talk about the fact that he always had a case of warm seven up and old candy bars or whatever in his backseat of his truck. And, You know, you just, everything that was important was in his pickup. And it took me a long time to go clean out his pickup after he passed away.

But when I did, I opened up the council and there was dozens of these little, you know, dictation tapes in there and a little tape recorder that, you know, doctors talked into back then. And it was his voice. And it was just him talking.

But when I did, I opened up the council and there was dozens of these little, you know, dictation tapes in there and a little tape recorder that, you know, doctors talked into back then. And it was his voice. And it was just him talking.

But when I did, I opened up the council and there was dozens of these little, you know, dictation tapes in there and a little tape recorder that, you know, doctors talked into back then. And it was his voice. And it was just him talking.

I had been running the farm then, a very large operational, a lot of people working for me, a lot of men working for me that were middle-aged that didn't want to be working for a 22 year old pregnant lady or a lady with a brand new baby and getting challenged on every decision I was making. And here on these tapes was every answer I could have ever wanted.

I had been running the farm then, a very large operational, a lot of people working for me, a lot of men working for me that were middle-aged that didn't want to be working for a 22 year old pregnant lady or a lady with a brand new baby and getting challenged on every decision I was making. And here on these tapes was every answer I could have ever wanted.

I had been running the farm then, a very large operational, a lot of people working for me, a lot of men working for me that were middle-aged that didn't want to be working for a 22 year old pregnant lady or a lady with a brand new baby and getting challenged on every decision I was making. And here on these tapes was every answer I could have ever wanted.

What soil type was the best for what crop, what to do with cattle, what to do if we ever got into financial trouble. And then some of these tapes were years and years old. In fact, he'd moved them from pickup to pickup. And when he'd gotten a new pickup, he just moved them.

What soil type was the best for what crop, what to do with cattle, what to do if we ever got into financial trouble. And then some of these tapes were years and years old. In fact, he'd moved them from pickup to pickup. And when he'd gotten a new pickup, he just moved them.

What soil type was the best for what crop, what to do with cattle, what to do if we ever got into financial trouble. And then some of these tapes were years and years old. In fact, he'd moved them from pickup to pickup. And when he'd gotten a new pickup, he just moved them.

And there was a tape in there almost 10 years old where he talked about us kids, what he thought our strengths were, what our weaknesses were. And it was just amazing because this is not something my dad rarely said, you know, I love you, much less talked about us. And it was, that was when I knew everything was going to be okay. I thought if God loves me this much,

And there was a tape in there almost 10 years old where he talked about us kids, what he thought our strengths were, what our weaknesses were. And it was just amazing because this is not something my dad rarely said, you know, I love you, much less talked about us. And it was, that was when I knew everything was going to be okay. I thought if God loves me this much,

And there was a tape in there almost 10 years old where he talked about us kids, what he thought our strengths were, what our weaknesses were. And it was just amazing because this is not something my dad rarely said, you know, I love you, much less talked about us. And it was, that was when I knew everything was going to be okay. I thought if God loves me this much,

that he literally gave me all the answers that I needed in his own voice, then we're going to be fine. And I think that was the first night that I finally could sleep because I felt the peace that I knew we were going to be okay.

that he literally gave me all the answers that I needed in his own voice, then we're going to be fine. And I think that was the first night that I finally could sleep because I felt the peace that I knew we were going to be okay.