How Is It I’m Still Alive

Farm life is a little tougher than suburban life

Colleen Millsteed
6 min readJul 4, 2022

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A young girl standing in frint of two farm trucks.
Image courtesy of Pixabay

Some of my fondest memories of my father are the times he and I would spend out on the farm together, but I do have to wonder how it is I’m still alive.

When I was twelve / thirteen years of age, I would often go out to the farm with my father during school holidays. I was there to help Dad and I learnt some…

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Colleen Millsteed

Top Writer in Poetry. I’m a Finance Manager with a love of both numbers and words.