A Small Seed

I admit, while my fiancé wasn't exactly the outgoing "country man" he is today when we met, he wasn't exactly a city slicker either. 

Cam grew up on 20 acres in Montevallo, Alabama with his mom, his two sisters, and his sweet grandparents who he called Momma Teen and Dad. From what I hear, Dad was one of the most innovative men of his time. He grew up in the great depression and learned to make a name for himself even without graduating high school. He was a jeweler, a salesman, an investor, a coal miner, and a decorated war veteran, as well as a bit of an entrepreneur. While Cam didn't grow up on a farm, Dad still taught him a few things about country living before he passed. One of my fiancés greatest memories as a child was riding on the tractor with Dad. To this day he says that tractors give him peace because of it, which comes in handy when our fields need to be bush hogged. 

Here is sweet "baby" Cam and his grandfather, Dad, doing what they did best. 

I am forever grateful to this man that I never had the pleasure of meeting. He created a gentle spirit within my future husband, as well as an appreciation for the outdoors and working with your hands. Dad planted a small seed of farming in Cam a long time ago, it just took me coming in to his life to help it grow.