“Will you be my companion?” That was a familiar phrase in our household when I was growing up. As a farm family, my siblings and I all had daily chores that we had to do in the barn after school, and none of us wanted to do them alone. If one of us had a job we had to do alone, we’d look for someone who was willing to go out to the barn with us, just to be with us as we completed whatever task was required. Read more...