Kristi Noem

And I just remember thinking, I wish that I just... you know, would have not once, you know, tried to sneak upstairs without him seeing me. So I didn't have to rub his feet for him. So he would feel better. You know, that's the kind of stuff that you just don't realize you're missing out on until they're already gone. It was very difficult because he was such a larger than life person.

And I just remember thinking, I wish that I just... you know, would have not once, you know, tried to sneak upstairs without him seeing me. So I didn't have to rub his feet for him. So he would feel better. You know, that's the kind of stuff that you just don't realize you're missing out on until they're already gone. It was very difficult because he was such a larger than life person.

And I just remember thinking, I wish that I just... you know, would have not once, you know, tried to sneak upstairs without him seeing me. So I didn't have to rub his feet for him. So he would feel better. You know, that's the kind of stuff that you just don't realize you're missing out on until they're already gone. It was very difficult because he was such a larger than life person.

And I'm sure your dad was like this to you too. You know, your whole life as a young girl revolves kind of around your dad. And, and when all of a sudden they're gone, you can't even imagine what the next 24 hours is going to look like much less the rest of your life.

And I'm sure your dad was like this to you too. You know, your whole life as a young girl revolves kind of around your dad. And, and when all of a sudden they're gone, you can't even imagine what the next 24 hours is going to look like much less the rest of your life.

And I'm sure your dad was like this to you too. You know, your whole life as a young girl revolves kind of around your dad. And, and when all of a sudden they're gone, you can't even imagine what the next 24 hours is going to look like much less the rest of your life.

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.