This is what makes you stand out from most of the UA-cam channels. The others act as if they built the family farm themselves when in reality they wouldn’t have the farm or the farm land without their elders hard work and preservation. I truly enjoyed the look back into the history of the farm. I wish you and the rest of family continued success. ❤️
Great video Kip, love the older pictures. You did a great job piecing it together, I enjoy all your videos, you do an excellent job explaining everything you do on the farm 🚜 keep it up
Enjoy your videos. Can see the passion and heart you have just by listening to you speak. Looking to the future with you, your family, the farm and all involved.
Kip your grandfather was a very good man an farmer your dad an mom as well I was a 4 h leader with Doug Steckley an had your sister in our club had quite a thing happen with that I seen your grandfather ready to go full out marine on some people would love to sit down an tell you the story sometime growing up around Imlay City your farm was always one of the best ! Your uncle Jim was our vet spent a lot of time with him holding onto cattle while he worked on them bought a few cars from your uncle John in Lapeer love the Sigler history hope it all continues on for all of you
I am your second cousin Dave Beaton. I’ve been talking to joel, your uncle. I got a place in Frankfort now. Mr. Steele, is correct the tree is about 40 to 50 years old hundred year old maple is twice that big. I used to spend two or three weeks at the farm every summer for about four years ..five maybe stacking hay bales stacking hay bales, in old barn. Grandpa was a tough marine but he loved us all. In Florida now. Have to look up Jason.
a maple tree like that could get that big in as little as 60 years in the right conditions (good soil, adequate water, etc) Nice retrospective by the way...
I don’t ever comment but always watch every video. Videos like this is what keeps me motivated to keep pushing hard to move my farm forward. Thanks kip
Hey Kip this is the kind of videos that makes me watch first, The history and hard work of your family from way back. Thank you so much can’t wait to see more. Awesome Kip totally Awesome!!!!!
Kip check with older builders in your area they may be able to know who built those barns and the time , they were built and the pictures u have of the original farm etc. We have a block on our family farm in p.a tht was placed in the top of the roof area tht says 1888 for tbe bank barn possible they did the same on some of the original buildings on your plc . 😊😊😊:)farm on always enjoy the videos
I enjoyed this history video very much. I was born in 53 so your dad’s generation. Not a farmer but I love learning about how it all works. Good family history.
Great video. I think if you take your photo to the right museum. A expert should be able to give you a approximate date of when it was taken. As for the barn being turned very possible. I have heard of tell story's if him and his dad helping lift barns and move them for different reasons. Mostly poor foundation's under them. Poor cement back then. Amazing they could move them very little equipment . All just a thought
That tree is about 50 to 60 years old it looks like a silver maple . I have 6 trees just like them about North East an hour an half from you in Canada 🍁
Very Cool Sir I try to catch all your videos and I enjoy seeing history and grew helping out on my uncles dairy farm in Pennsylvania in the 80's and 90's and early 2000's very cool!
Very cool kip!.. your grandpa told me that the road wasnt paved until after they moved there... You are making me feel old... I had forgotten the baby blue truck! You dad brought the traction king down to bidouls to pull me out one time.
That 4640 FWA brings back memories for me. I put many hours on that tractor. Hauled liquid hog manure, pulled Miller disk In the fall grain cart, Glencoe soil saver and some disking Had a big John Deere blade on the front for snow, back fill tile lines etc. Great video, love history and the equipment I grew up with.
Kip, if you make that picture much bigger it looks like there is something gas powered between the silo and the smaller barn. Also the windmill is missing several partsto be functional, so it has likely been converted to electrical. Also look at the tracks on the gravel road. First the road is gravel not dirt check with your township as to when they put gravel down over the dirt. Also those tracks are wide bigger than a model T and no new vehicles to get during ww2 so that could push the date into the 50s since it took awhile to get production up and going after the war. I think your dad and i are close to the same age and i have vivid memories of farms looking like this in the late 60s, minus the hay stack. Look at the type of wire on that fence that is pig wire. Find out when they were having pigs on the farm. I really doubt that barn was turned. More likely is that it was taken down and pieces were reused in the new barn. Lots of leghorns in the pic. Can you tell what it is in front of that hay pile?
Maple trees will grow pretty fast I've got a picture of mom and dad's farm in 91 that silver maple was 10 feet tall 3 inch Dia now its probably 2.5 feet and taller than 3 stories
Thanks for the family farm history,on your oldest picture that was probably a straw stack,my dad told me farmers would build a shell of a building before blowing straw from a thrashing machine on top of it ,and in the winter youngstock and pigs would run under it for shelter,also I don't think silos were built and used till around 1910 ish and there was a silo on that picture
Very cool Kip. Thank you for sharing with us.. I always am looking for history of our farm. I know the house was built in 1843 and the barn in 1870s. From the deed but no photos I know of until the 1950s when we started holding rodeos here.. Farm history is very cool and shows where we came from and why we still do it
Very cool Kip. Love seeing the history of farms and pictures. Great video, very interesting. Break in temps is nice but back to the sloop. Stay safe 👍✊
Thank you for sharing all those pictures that is wonderful to have that occurred in history about your farmstead, machinery, etc. I grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota that I was up there in September 2 55th class reunion. I drove past me forum that I grew up on and all the buildings are gone. So sad again, thanks for sharing.
Love watching history especially of a Michigan farms. Used to be a delivery driver for 12 years seen many in Michigan. So cool stay safe springs acoming. I HOPE
Ive been following you and your family on u tube for quite some time!! You tell it (diary farming like really is!) From the gate to the plate on your kitchen table!! Your very well spoken (kip) and are a very good narrator!! I'm a former beef farmer, I can definitely relate to your videos!..... Ssssoooo keep up the good work, I enjoy watching!!!💯👍😀!!!!!
Great story , history of the farm , Continue to try to find info , do not give up , memories forever ! Someone that does history in that area may have some info , library or possibly fire departments or sheriff's department could have some info , good luck , stay safe , what a wonderful idea to follow up on ?
Nice video Kip. When my grandparents on my mom's side had their farm over the years a company would take aerial pictures every few years for them. It was always neat to see pictures of the farm from the air. Looking at them and trying to identify pieces of equipment and vehicles.
Hey Kip, very nice video! I watch your videos from Germany and find it super interesting You can't compare America and Europe, our farming family can be traced back to 1460, 14 generations are known. I am the first one who no longer works as a farmer. I worked many hours with my father. I miss it. We still have our old machines... Keep up the good work!
Sugar maple trees were common in the 60’s they grew fast and provided good shade in a short time but they are very week that’s why they’re not common now. A question if you want to answer how do you and your family work out the repair cost and upkeep cost ✌🏻👍🇺🇸
I am so glad you have those pictures. My Grandma has tons of pictures of her and my grandpa's farm and her Dads farm. When she passed those I couldn't find them. It broke my heart because I loved looking at those pictures. I am the only one in the whole family that still farms it would have been nice to put my pictures with them to show our family history.
Our Family bought the first farm in Northern IL 1943 for $110 per acre! Three more farms were bought since then. Of course it was a dairy farm until 1973 now a corn,soybean rotation. Every family,and farm have a unique history! You do a great job on the farm,and channel!
Tks for sharing. It's really interesting to hear of family history. My Grandfather farm and buildings are gone now. Most what I have is in my head. I can still to this day know the complete lay out of barns,silos of inside and outside of things. Iol I can even remember the exact place where the out house was. And pig house.
Kip, that maple tree is a soft Maple, sometimes called Silver Maple. They're fast growers. Unlike a Sugar maple which COULD be 100 years or more this tree is likely 35 to 50-tops- years old. Nice to se the farm's history.Thanks for posting,bud!
Nice history . Our tobacco farm had a very similar history timeframe from the eayly 50s until mid 90 when tobacco buyout program shut us down . Dad had to sell parts of the farm to survive.Its now all houses or solar panel farms.
Great video very interesting how the farm started. I have two younger brothers myself that are farming the home farm. Love how you showed how your grandparents n parents worked extra hard to were you boys are today n still have the awesone druve to pay it foward for the next generation to take over
I love American History and you are showing some of the best history-actual Americans making a difference in our world. You are an American farmer growing food for the cows that make milk. Love your videos because I have always lived in large urban centers. It is a breath of fresh air to view your videos. Please keep them coming and show your youngest how to make videos. Your grandparents started the farm you live and produce from and you and your brothers are making it even better. Use the most advanced technology to keep ahead and keep going, including the new commercially available satellites that will provide you and your brothers real-time imaging of your properties and even cow inventory controls.
Your original picture with the hay stack is 1890’s- early 1900’s awesome picture to have. Far as the barn being turned they might have had a fire and rebuilt in the same location.
Maple trees grow very fast so a HUGE tree can be 40 to 50 years old. In the original picture the stack that is next to the barn is most likely a straw pile. Threshing machines with the straw blower and long pipe would make huge piles that were always rounded on the top. Commonly the pile was next to the barn so it was easier to haul the straw in for bedding. If you can track down any information about pictures always write on the back of the photograph, it's then a permanent record for the next generation. My Grandmother did that on a group family photo, it was Indepemdence Day 1903. She identified every person. What food was at the picnic, who won the buggy races and who played baseball. The county and state historical societies fought over who would get the original. The county got a nice reproduction. Scan your pictures and send them to anyone that would remember anything. Combine the memories and write out a hard copy to keep with the original picture. Digital is only temporary, a real photograph will last well over 100 years if properly stored. When you have the actual picture and the written family history make physical copies for anyone interested. If well done those multiple copies will float around in families for years. Your grandchildren's children will thank you.
Thanks for another great video Kip. It was most interesting Kip talking about the history of the farm. History is really important part of the farm structure. Your dad has done great with the farm. The future is what you are working hard on to make it work for the next generation. You are Doing great kip. Enjoying these talks you are having with us. Thanks for everything Kip. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.
thanks for the life view of your family always nice to see things . not like my life but a lot like my fathers in the beginning , then the war my fathers life changed and did the chance of me being on a farm but thanks for this view of life
Awesome, now to get your dad and brothers to interview, good luck!
This is what makes you stand out from most of the UA-cam channels. The others act as if they built the family farm themselves when in reality they wouldn’t have the farm or the farm land without their elders hard work and preservation. I truly enjoyed the look back into the history of the farm. I wish you and the rest of family continued success. ❤️
Exactly, most of us are handed down the farm to use!!!!
The history of all great farms begin with humble beginnings.
Yes sir 👍
The tree by the blue ford is a silver maple and my guess is that it’s about 40 years old.
They grow faster than you might think
Yes it is, ok that helps. Picture could be from 1940 then
I agree with silver maple, we have them,they grow fast,that's about 35-40years.
Great video Kip, love the older pictures. You did a great job piecing it together, I enjoy all your videos, you do an excellent job explaining everything you do on the farm 🚜 keep it up
be proud my friend. Three generations - - - that is what the American dream was all about, Congratualtions
Thank you👍
Enjoy your videos. Can see the passion and heart you have just by listening to you speak. Looking to the future with you, your family, the farm and all involved.
Kip your grandfather was a very good man an farmer your dad an mom as well I was a 4 h leader with Doug Steckley an had your sister in our club had quite a thing happen with that I seen your grandfather ready to go full out marine on some people would love to sit down an tell you the story sometime growing up around Imlay City your farm was always one of the best ! Your uncle Jim was our vet spent a lot of time with him holding onto cattle while he worked on them bought a few cars from your uncle John in Lapeer love the Sigler history hope it all continues on for all of you
I am your second cousin Dave Beaton. I’ve been talking to joel, your uncle. I got a place in Frankfort now. Mr. Steele, is correct the tree is about 40 to 50 years old hundred year old maple is twice that big. I used to spend two or three weeks at the farm every summer for about four years ..five maybe stacking hay bales stacking hay bales, in old barn. Grandpa was a tough marine but he loved us all. In Florida now. Have to look up Jason.
a maple tree like that could get that big in as little as 60 years in the right conditions (good soil, adequate water, etc) Nice retrospective by the way...
That big pile buy the barn is probably oat straw from thrashing machine, we had that loose straw pile by our barn back in 1940s and early 1950s.
That is a great motto If you say are going to do it you better do it. We are Seventh generation in New York
I don’t ever comment but always watch every video. Videos like this is what keeps me motivated to keep pushing hard to move my farm forward. Thanks kip
Hey Kip this is the kind of videos that makes me watch first, The history and hard work of your family from way back. Thank you so much can’t wait to see more. Awesome Kip totally Awesome!!!!!
Kip check with older builders in your area they may be able to know who built those barns and the time , they were built and the pictures u have of the original farm etc. We have a block on our family farm in p.a tht was placed in the top of the roof area tht says 1888 for tbe bank barn possible they did the same on some of the original buildings on your plc . 😊😊😊:)farm on always enjoy the videos
I enjoyed this history video very much. I was born in 53 so your dad’s generation. Not a farmer but I love learning about how it all works. Good family history.
Wonderful story
Maple trees grow very fast.
Have 3 silver maple trees getting runoff from cow lot grown from 2 to 10 inch diameter in 7 years .
They did it for yall brother and yall take care too this day pride and honor thank you kip for your service
Theres no doubting the hard work ethic of you're whole family. Great video !!
Love hearing & seeing the history of the farm! I wish more channels would do the same!
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that tree is a silver maple. this tree could be 45 years old, they grow fast.
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Very cool! 1st class farm that’s for sure!👍
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Thanks Kip
I ENJOYED WATCHING THE VIDEO KIP 😊
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Great video. I think if you take your photo to the right museum. A expert should be able to give you a approximate date of when it was taken. As for the barn being turned very possible. I have heard of tell story's if him and his dad helping lift barns and move them for different reasons. Mostly poor foundation's under them. Poor cement back then. Amazing they could move them very little equipment . All just a thought
That was pretty interesting how much the farm changed maple trees grow fast it could be between 40 and fifty years old
Love seeing and hearing the farm history. Very cool!
That maple tree in the picture with the truck looks like its roughly 50 to 60 years old. We have 2 planted in early 50s that are a bit bigger.
That tree is about 50 to 60 years old it looks like a silver maple . I have 6 trees just like them about North East an hour an half from you in Canada 🍁
Been waiting for this video for a long time! Great video, remarkable history how you guys have evolved as a family farm.
I know where four maples are that my older brother planted around 1960. They are about equal size trees.
Maple trees grow fast. I have several I plant 20 years ago and they have 20 inch trunks or bigger now
Very Cool Sir I try to catch all your videos and I enjoy seeing history and grew helping out on my uncles dairy farm in Pennsylvania in the 80's and 90's and early 2000's very cool!
Great show, great history! Were your Siegler relatives origionally from Germany or Austria, if so do you know what part?
Very cool kip!.. your grandpa told me that the road wasnt paved until after they moved there... You are making me feel old... I had forgotten the baby blue truck! You dad brought the traction king down to bidouls to pull me out one time.
The American dream. At its best 🇺🇸
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That 4640 FWA brings back memories for me.
I put many hours on that tractor. Hauled liquid hog manure, pulled Miller disk
In the fall grain cart, Glencoe soil saver and some disking
Had a big John Deere blade on the front for snow, back fill tile lines etc.
Great video, love history and the equipment I grew up with.
Kip, if you make that picture much bigger it looks like there is something gas powered between the silo and the smaller barn. Also the windmill is missing several partsto be functional, so it has likely been converted to electrical. Also look at the tracks on the gravel road. First the road is gravel not dirt check with your township as to when they put gravel down over the dirt. Also those tracks are wide bigger than a model T and no new vehicles to get during ww2 so that could push the date into the 50s since it took awhile to get production up and going after the war.
I think your dad and i are close to the same age and i have vivid memories of farms looking like this in the late 60s, minus the hay stack. Look at the type of wire on that fence that is pig wire. Find out when they were having pigs on the farm.
I really doubt that barn was turned. More likely is that it was taken down and pieces were reused in the new barn. Lots of leghorns in the pic. Can you tell what it is in front of that hay pile?
This is so awesome to watch!! What a family history you have sir!!
Maple trees will grow pretty fast I've got a picture of mom and dad's farm in 91 that silver maple was 10 feet tall 3 inch Dia now its probably 2.5 feet and taller than 3 stories
I've been hoping for this video for a long time! I love it!
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Thanks for the family farm history,on your oldest picture that was probably a straw stack,my dad told me farmers would build a shell of a building before blowing straw from a thrashing machine on top of it ,and in the winter youngstock and pigs would run under it for shelter,also I don't think silos were built and used till around 1910 ish and there was a silo on that picture
Very cool Kip. Thank you for sharing with us.. I always am looking for history of our farm. I know the house was built in 1843 and the barn in 1870s. From the deed but no photos I know of until the 1950s when we started holding rodeos here.. Farm history is very cool and shows where we came from and why we still do it
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Great video kip. Have a good one guys
Very cool Kip. Love seeing the history of farms and pictures. Great video, very interesting. Break in temps is nice but back to the sloop. Stay safe 👍✊
Thank you for sharing all those pictures that is wonderful to have that occurred in history about your farmstead, machinery, etc. I grew up on a dairy farm in Minnesota that I was up there in September 2 55th class reunion. I drove past me forum that I grew up on and all the buildings are gone. So sad again, thanks for sharing.
What a great video! Really enjoyed the video!
Love watching history especially of a Michigan farms. Used to be a delivery driver for 12 years seen many in Michigan. So cool stay safe springs acoming. I HOPE
Ive been following you and your family on u tube for quite some time!! You tell it (diary farming like really is!) From the gate to the plate on your kitchen table!! Your very well spoken (kip) and are a very good narrator!! I'm a former beef farmer, I can definitely relate to your videos!..... Ssssoooo keep up the good work, I enjoy watching!!!💯👍😀!!!!!
That's a nice looking red truck when you built the calf barn. Actually all the pictures have nice Ford's in them lol
Could you get your dad to sit down and talk about the history of the farm from is pov? and maybe your brothers to?
Love the video Thank you for sharing
Hi Mr kip, you do a good job with the cows 🐄🐄🐄🐄good job on the farm 🚜
Thank you👍👍
Thats is awesome that you get to carry on the family farm! What a blessing!
Great story , history of the farm , Continue to try to find info , do not give up , memories forever ! Someone that does history in that area may have some info , library or possibly fire departments or sheriff's department could have some info , good luck , stay safe , what a wonderful idea to follow up on ?
Nice video Kip. When my grandparents on my mom's side had their farm over the years a company would take aerial pictures every few years for them. It was always neat to see pictures of the farm from the air. Looking at them and trying to identify pieces of equipment and vehicles.
Hey Kip, very nice video! I watch your videos from Germany and find it super interesting You can't compare America and Europe, our farming family can be traced back to 1460, 14 generations are known. I am the first one who no longer works as a farmer. I worked many hours with my father. I miss it. We still have our old machines... Keep up the good work!
Sugar maple trees were common in the 60’s they grew fast and provided good shade in a short time but they are very week that’s why they’re not common now. A question if you want to answer how do you and your family work out the repair cost and upkeep cost ✌🏻👍🇺🇸
I am so glad you have those pictures. My Grandma has tons of pictures of her and my grandpa's farm and her Dads farm. When she passed those I couldn't find them. It broke my heart because I loved looking at those pictures. I am the only one in the whole family that still farms it would have been nice to put my pictures with them to show our family history.
I looked at the picture twice. I love old farms.
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Our Family bought the first farm in Northern IL 1943 for $110 per acre! Three more farms were bought since then. Of course it was a dairy farm until 1973 now a corn,soybean rotation. Every family,and farm have a unique history! You do a great job on the farm,and channel!
Awesome, thank you. It was a lot cheaper back then !
Where was the farm? Your family sounds like mine.
Tks for sharing. It's really interesting to hear of family history. My Grandfather farm and buildings are gone now. Most what I have is in my head. I can still to this day know the complete lay out of barns,silos of inside and outside of things. Iol I can even remember the exact place where the out house was. And pig house.
Good to see farm is still in the family,the farm i grew up with is a big subdivision know.
Great history. Im 72 can relate.
Kip, that maple tree is a soft Maple, sometimes called Silver Maple. They're fast growers. Unlike a Sugar maple which COULD be 100 years or more this tree is likely 35 to 50-tops- years old. Nice to se the farm's history.Thanks for posting,bud!
Love the old pics!
Nice history . Our tobacco farm had a very similar history timeframe from the eayly 50s until mid 90 when tobacco buyout program shut us down . Dad had to sell parts of the farm to survive.Its now all houses or solar panel farms.
That's a pile of straw from a stationary thresher
Great video very interesting how the farm started. I have two younger brothers myself that are farming the home farm. Love how you showed how your grandparents n parents worked extra hard to were you boys are today n still have the awesone druve to pay it foward for the next generation to take over
I love American History and you are showing some of the best history-actual Americans making a difference in our world. You are an American farmer growing food for the cows that make milk. Love your videos because I have always lived in large urban centers. It is a breath of fresh air to view your videos. Please keep them coming and show your youngest how to make videos. Your grandparents started the farm you live and produce from and you and your brothers are making it even better. Use the most advanced technology to keep ahead and keep going, including the new commercially available satellites that will provide you and your brothers real-time imaging of your properties and even cow inventory controls.
Kip that was a great touch back into history I look forward to part 2
A very strong farming family pedigree rite there young kip thanks for sharing
I love it!!
Your original picture with the hay stack is 1890’s- early 1900’s awesome picture to have. Far as the barn being turned they might have had a fire and rebuilt in the same location.
Neat. Thank you
great job !
Awesome 😎
History worth preserving to borrow a phrase. Thanks for sharing.
Really enjoy the history of your farm family it's what makes your videos so good thank you God bless you and all your family
Maple trees grow very fast so a HUGE tree can be 40 to 50 years old. In the original picture the stack that is next to the barn is most likely a straw pile. Threshing machines with the straw blower and long pipe would make huge piles that were always rounded on the top. Commonly the pile was next to the barn so it was easier to haul the straw in for bedding.
If you can track down any information about pictures always write on the back of the photograph, it's then a permanent record for the next generation. My Grandmother did that on a group family photo, it was Indepemdence Day 1903. She identified every person. What food was at the picnic, who won the buggy races and who played baseball. The county and state historical societies fought over who would get the original. The county got a nice reproduction.
Scan your pictures and send them to anyone that would remember anything. Combine the memories and write out a hard copy to keep with the original picture. Digital is only temporary, a real photograph will last well over 100 years if properly stored. When you have the actual picture and the written family history make physical copies for anyone interested. If well done those multiple copies will float around in families for years. Your grandchildren's children will thank you.
That is the best history video I’ve ever watched thank you so much
Fascinating, Kip! Y'all are a great family!
That was very interesting video of the way your farms were built back in the early days your dad is my age
Great to have that history Kip.
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Nice pictures. Why were the barns painted white? Our barn in Shiawassee County was built in the 1880s and was painted white. Eaglegards...
I knew Don Themm from Almont .
Thank you for sharing Kip!
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Thanks for another great video Kip.
It was most interesting Kip talking about the history of the farm.
History is really important part of the farm structure.
Your dad has done great with the farm.
The future is what you are working hard on to make it work for the next generation. You are
Doing great kip.
Enjoying these talks you are having with us.
Thanks for everything Kip.
The Iowa farm boy. Steve.
Love the pictures. What is the history of the White 105? Seems out of place on a farm full of deeres.
thanks for the life view of your family always nice to see things . not like my life but a lot like my fathers in the beginning , then the war my fathers life changed and did the chance of me being on a farm but thanks for this view of life
History of the farm, very cool!!!
Great video Kip you come from great stock you should be so proud
That’s awesome thank you for sharing
Looks like a difference house do to no up stairs window on the side.
thank you. I admire your family and your work ethic.
I love looking at how farms progress including ours
Interesting farm history. Take care. Thank you for posting your video.
Thank u Kip for sharing. Farm history is so interesting.
Very cool thanks for sharing
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God bless you