When I think back to my childhood days of growing up on the farm, my most vivid memory is of my devoted and hardworking mother. She embodied the traditional farm wife – cooking meals from scratch, canning garden produce, butchering chickens, keeping a clean home, and even stepping in to milk cows when needed. Somehow, she managed it all while raising five children.
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Colleen Stegenga, MSW, LCSW-PIP, QMHP, is a therapist and owner of Embracing Change Counseling Services, with offices in Sioux Falls and Mitchell. Reach her at colleen@embracingchangecs.com or visit www.embracingchangecs.com.





