When I was little, I thought I was going to be a SOMEBODY!

I was going to be a big-time politician, or a equine veterinarian, or maybe even a CEO of a worldwide company. I had aspirations as big as Texas. As a child, these goals seemed one hundred percent attainable, until those around me told me it wasn’t.

I was a little girl, with big dreams, and absolutely no sense of self-worth. So what happened? I bought into the lie that I was not good enough. I would never be any of the things I wanted to be so badly. I “wasn’t smart enough” to be a vet, “had too many emotions” to be a politician, and “ women cannot work over men” , so kiss the CEO thing goodbye.

I listened these lies, until I met my Jack. I believed I would forever be a nobody. My husband gave me the support and love that I needed to become confident in myself and my gifts.

Having ONE person believe in you, makes the biggest difference.

Fast forward a couple of years, I was in a major rut. WHAT IN THE WORLD DO I DO NOW? It seemed that all of the “best” opportunities had already passed me by. I knew I had a knack for writing, a gift for kids, and a love of agriculture; but how to you become a SOMEBODY with any of those?

That’s when I began learning one of the biggest lessons in my life.

I don’t need to be a SOMEBODY. I just need to be Abby.

Abby wanted to write children’s books. She wanted to go to school and share her books with the students in her community. She wanted to incorporate agriculture and introduce these kiddos to a way of life they may not be familiar with.

So that’s what I did.

I’m not saying any of my books are on the best seller list. I would love that, but I don’t focus on that. I focus on the kiddos that come up to me and tell me that my story made them think. I focus on the kiddos that come up and learn how to gently pet a chicken and smile from ear to ear doing it. I focus on the excitement of the classes when they see a sheep for the first time.

I wanted to be SOMEBODY for so long, but my version of this SOMEBODY has changed.

I may not be a politician, or a vet, or a CEO… but I AM Abby. I am someone my little me would love, and that’s is what makes me SOMEBODY.