Lord, It's Been A Long Time Coming

It's raining. They say it's going to rain all week. You guys might have an inkling but don't really have a complete understanding as to what that means to Carol and I. Carol's father is a retired farmer. When active he farmed over a thousand acres and farmed a family farm that has been in the family, father to son, since before the Civil War. Carol grew up watching him watch the sky. We are in the weed control business. If weeds didn't grow we wouldn't be in business. It takes rain for the weeds to grow. We are the ones that now watch the sky.

Everyone knows that this last year has been the biggest economic challenge our country has faced since the crash of 1929 and the Depression of the thirties. We have suffered along with millions of other Americans. Many have lost their homes and their jobs. This is heart wrenching stuff. We have lost many of our larger customers because they are either out of business or simply don't have the revenues for weed control. The double whammy for us was that 2009 was the year of the second worst drought in Arizona history. No rain. No weeds. No money.

It is by God's only grace and the tenacity and loyalty of our employees, coupled with a mid-western creed of thriftiness that Carol and I carry that has allowed us to survive this crisis.

And now the rain has come. The forecast is for much more rain all week. With a little luck this may get us through the spring. With a little luck this will bring us customers. Some old, some new. With a little luck and God's own good grace.

Yea God!! Yea rain!!