Update on Farm Chronicles: A Couple Years Later
And with that final post in May of 2002, I took down the farm site and continued my journey toward a successful business from the center of the 25 acres in the middle of nowhere.
My eldest son did end up moving in with his father, which was the most difficult loss I’ve ever endured. Both Derrick and Alex still live here on the farm with me.
I quit trying to build CumberlanDunes and launched Wicked WordCraft to follow my bliss and concentrate my efforts doing what I enjoy most — writing and marketing consultation. It took off almost immediately. Wicked WordCraft grew at an amazing clip and at the beginning of 2003 went multi-national in clientele.
In April of 2003, I was elected President of the International Virtual Assistants Association. In May of 2003 I started dating a friend of 18 years. In the fall of 2003, (on 9-11) I poured the footer for the cabin and my father and I began building it. I initially intended it to be my office, with a sleeping loft.
My relationship with Wayne deepened and on January 1, 2004 he asked me to marry him.
We were married in March of 2004 in a fairy-tale wedding full of pomp and circumstance in full Renaissance regalia and the fairytale continues. After the wedding, Wayne moved to the farm, saying he would never ask me to leave this place and telling me that he loved the way my face lights up when I talk about the land here.
I continued to tend and grow Wicked WordCraft while Wayne, with the continued help of my father, began learning how to build a house. We decided to declare the office our cabin and add an addition on as we can. Wayne came home to work on construction full-time in order to get us under roof before snow flies in 2004.
Now, despite the trials and tribulations documented in this early journal… I live where I love the land, with a man I adore and two of my children. I thoroughly enjoy my work and make a good living, all my dreams are coming true – which is really amazing when I re-read how it all started and what it took to get here.
And, despite the heartaches, the difficulties and the struggles – I still recommend it. Life is sweet.
Tags: freelance, Kentucky, the farm
