Last Day on the Farm

Friday November 9th was my last time working on the Catholic worker farm. Mary had me pull some broccoli out that was done for the season. After doing that I used a sort of tiller to break up the dirt where the broccoli had been. Once that was finished I got to go inside to warm up. I sat at the table with Mary, one of her friends, and Jessica to drink some hot cider. We got on the topic of pets because Ester, Mary's daughter, had just got a new cat. So as we enjoyed our cider we talked about our pets and so on. once we were warmed up Mary had us go and lay hay down where I had tilled to prevent weed growth for next year. After that there was nothing really left to do so I walked around with Patrick and Ester to help them gather the chicken eggs. I found this exciting because it is fun to look in and see all the fresh eggs that the chickens produce. Once we were all finished I thanked Mary for everything and went on my way.
I thought working at the farm was a really good experience and it actually turned out to be quite fun. I feel as if I have got a clearer idea of what it means to be a catholic worker. Mary and her family inspire me to try harder to give up sometime and help others. The farm they have, all the work they do, all the food they grow is meant to provide for others. I greatly respect what they do for those people at Hope House. If they were not available where would their food and shelter come from. I feel privileged to have been apart of providing for those less fortunate people. I believe that I have grown slightly from this experience. I now tend to look at everything I do to make sure nothing is taken for granted, because there are people out there that are very unfortunate. I hope to someday be as generous as Mary and her family are. I think that this is possible, but change does take time. Overall, I thought it was a very good experience. I may not of enjoyed the gardening part of it but I have to realize that my hard work really helped Mary out, and I am helping the less fortunate in the long run.