Nate Pontius

And so she's forced me, I don't want to say force, force isn't the right word, but she's

taught you she's taught me she's been the catalyst for me lightening my grip on on things and becoming softer instead of constantly looking forward to the next thing what's the next thing what's the next thing I'm more I'm more present in in these moments with her because you know really the that's the only thing that we have so

that's been, it's been really great.

I thought, I thought, you know, it's funny also looking back in hindsight, like,

I thought that, Ramey and I both thought that we wanted a little boy first, and now I can't think of anything different.

And it's actually funny how you were talking about how your little boy just hauled off and threw a toy and busted your nose.

It's like, I think of myself as a little boy and he would probably be just like that.

I couldn't be happier to have a little girl.

Yeah, I do.

like you were saying, experience kind of shapes a whole new perspective and like I've just kind of found myself in a place where I'm seeking after things that money can't really buy and seems like this farm life has a lot more of those sorts of things.

She's going to get to grow up with an incredible amount of freedom to explore and experience life and death on the farm.

And I just think of all the good lessons that I could teach her about, you know, just how watermelon is going to taste so much better when you've been working hard, sweating out in the sun all day, as opposed to just sitting inside in the air conditioning.

I'm excited for all those things.

Yeah.

It's hard to grow much out here with the lack of rain that we have.

I've got a small little orchard with some peaches and figs and apples that are impossible to keep alive.

I've got...

Asparagus and broccoli and lettuces and tomatoes and small stuff like that.

But it's really hard to grow things out here.

It's tough, tough climate.