I’m A Clubwoman

Stamford’s Texas Breakfast

by callie on 03/09/09 at 2:46 pm

If there is anything that characterizes my local GFWC Pierian Club, it is the annually held, Texas Breakfast. The club has celebrated Texas Heritage since it was organized in 1908.

 

This year the breakfast was held at the local Oldtimer’s Bunkhouse that is a rustic rock building that speaks volumes about cowboy heritage.  This is an opportunity for our club to shine and invite our friends and family to take part in our celebration of Texas Women. This year featured an added bonus as many club members invited their husband’s along for the ride. The local manager of the Swenson Land and Cattle Company gave a very interesting talk about Feminine Influence in Ranching, he had to carefully weight his words in a room full of women and he gave a wonderful job explaining how the women were often the force behind the men that have left such a cattle legacy in Texas.

My contribution to this day was an original poem titled the Cowgirl’s prayer. Would you believe that I couldn’t find one in all my searches? Here it is for your viewing pleasure.

 

By Callie

May the fence never close me in,

Or the prairie never seem to vast.

May my horse always stay firm underneath me,

And the home I have built always last.

May my colt always shoot true,

And this male-dominated world always have you.

May my head of cattle always stretch for miles,

And the school house guide my children through their trials.

May the prairie rattler stay far, far away,

And my little white church always guide my way