11/27/2017
Opportunity- a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something.
2016 and 2017 have been humbling years for us! I remember coming home in 2013 to 5 pigs, a few pens and parents that were looking to start up the Showpigs "hobby" once again. The knowledge I had going in had nothing to do with pigs, all I had was Work Ethic, Support and finally an Opportunity to do something with my life. At this point I only knew how to clean pens and wash hogs. Little did I know we would end up 4 years later with 35 sows, one hell of a journey and an abundance of customers who we truly love!!!
I will never forget the trip to Red Oak in the summer of 2014, we had just sold a boar out of a Red Bone son to Purple Power. The Judge at the time was Kirk Swanson. I remember really wanting to go to 4K to look at Hillbilly Bone and to see what knowledge I could absorb or learn. I seriously thought the lesson would be about how to make hogs better. We went through all the boars and got to see the legend himself. He was a Beast!!! As we went through females, little pigs, and facilities learned a lot and tried to take as much in as my brain could handle. That day in Kirks office when we started to finish up paper work, he told me a story about how in his day he never won a class or show!!! Then it went into a story about Tommy Hilton, and the daughter of a close friend of his. Kirk made a promise to try and put as many smiles on kids faces with Hillbilly as he could, which then led to the story behind Monumental. My mind was blown! I could see the passion, hear the desire in his voice and knew that this man will sacrifice it all to make it happen. I have truly never forgotten that story! BONE CHILLING
The Passion we hold at the farm is driven by the soul force of the kids!!! Here at Git-R-Done we are humbled to be able to take part in this livestock industry. We do not have all the answers! One thing for sure is we will give our customers and future customers EVERYTHING we have!!!! We cant promise you the banner at the end of the year, but we believe good pigs are bought and champions are made. Through out the process and the journey we wont be able to control the revolving variables of the show, one thing we can control though is the lessons we learn and the examples we set during whether we win or lose. The process a long the way is the beautiful thing in this deal, the roller coaster ride of a life time. To me just focusing on the banner would be like missing the whole ride.
"Fall in love with the process and it will eventually love you back! You don't necessarily know when but it will." -Matt Campbell Iowa state football coach
Thank you for everyone who has mentored, supported, and helped out! We at GRD look forward to seeing everyone at our sale Saturday Dec. 2nd. At the farm sale.
"Making dreams come true, one hog at a time"
