Dear Mr. Farmer Bachelor,
Once upon a time there was a little girl named Fiona Skye O’Rourke who grew up believing in magic and make-believe. She dreamed of the day she would find her one true love, her Prince Charming. She saw the world with her heart and not necessarily her head. She trusted too easily and people took advantage of her goodness often breaking her heart but never her spirit, at least not until seven years ago on her wedding day.
What should have been the happiest day of her life became a nightmare. Her Prince Charming turned into Toad who left her standing at the altar while he emptied her bank accounts. Now homeless and penniless, Fiona closed her heart to everyone. Never again would she trust in magic or make believe or true love.
She retreated to the one place she always felt safe, her Aunt Dejah’s animal sanctuary. As an avid animal lover, she found comfort in the presence of the animals. Many of them rescued from abusive or neglectful owners, she knew they understood her pain. Three in particular adopted her and followed her everywhere she went, a fat little pony named Tigger who was always looking for treats, Butch, an old yellow mutt covered in scars, and Spook, a skittish gray kitten who lived in the barn and tended to avoid most humans, except Fiona.
Her days always started the same. She gathered eggs from the henhouse and milked the cows. Then she worked the garden and the orchard while Tigger, Butch, and Spook watched over her. Once she finished with the plants, she turned her attention to them. After feeding them their treats, she walked down the pond and spend hours fishing or writing in her journal or taking photographs.
Days passed, then months, then years.
On July 9th, 2017, Fiona turned 30. It would also have been her seven year wedding anniversary. So much time had passed and what did she have to show for it? He had stolen her money and broken her heart, but her heart no longer hurt. She had been broken, but now she felt whole again. Like the animals who found refuge on this farm, she found a place to heal.
The thought hit her like a roar of thunder and flash of lightning. It was time to stop hiding from life. It was time to start believing in magic and true love again. It was time to find and create my own story, my happily ever after.
If you have not guessed by now, I am Fiona Skye O’Rourke. I am thirty years old. I am single and straight. My father was Irish and my mother was French/Dutch. They died when I was a baby and my Aunt Dejah and Uncle Mack adopted me and raised me as their own child.
My skills include writing, photography, and fishing. I have an eye for photography. I love animals of all kinds. I love to go fishing. I have a green thumb and gardening comes naturally to me. I can be all thumbs and trip over my own feet because I am a tad clumsy.
I would say my greatest strength is my empathy and compassion while my greatest weakness is trusting. I used to trust too much and then not at all. Now I am trying to find the balance between the two. As my Aunty Dejah is fond of saying, “I am a work in progress; my life is about my journey, not my destination.”
When my aunt told me about this challenge, I saw it as an opportunity to find love and create my own happily ever after. I know that farm life is hard work after all I spent the last seven years learning how to tend a garden and an orchard, milk cows and goats, and gather eggs from hens who wanted to peck me to death for stealing their children. So I know I can be an asset to your farm not just because I know how to do those particular things. I believe that with my photography and writing skill I can showcase the farm and highlight the services you offer.
my contestant for @goatkibble Farmer Bachelor Challenge
