By Melissa of Cowhands: calloused hands and tender hearts

Melissa is married to her best friend Paul and they own a small beef cattle farm in Southwest Arkansas. She a mom of three grown above average kids. She is shaking things up a bit in 2016 by leaving her career as a County Agriculture Agent and will be pursuing another lifelong dream of being a writer. Melissa is a fan-girl of many bloggers and has started her own at Cowhands: calloused hands and tender hearts.