by Paula Love

Created on: November 17, 2009

Four hundred years ago people worked from sun to sun,

Laboring to harvest the crops before the day was done.

Rain or shine they'd wake with the rooster's crow early every morn

To hand-pick everything from beans and barley to ears of corn.

They didn't work for the weekend then; they worked just to stay alive,

For if their harvest wasn't bountiful their families wouldn't thrive.

Today we labor in the kitchen to finish cooking before guests arrive

Weary from their traveling; it sure is exhausting to drive!

Our grains are already baked into breads and our corn comes in a can.

Technology has made life so much simpler than when our country began.

I can't imagine how demanding life was in olden days of yore,

But I sure am thankful I can do my harvesting at the grocery store!

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