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Tork and Sawyer Whisler
The Day I Lost My Dad And The Day I Almost Lost My Son
1 hour 28 minutes Posted Sep 28, 2026 at 12:41 am.
in the morning. The first year he went to the gravesite about once a month, by himself, and bawled most times. He felt guilty grieving a man who had lived to 99. Sawyer was 12 when he rolled a four wheeler at 60 miles an hour, ruptured his spleen, and spent seven days at the University of Iowa. In 2001 Tork was out of hogs, setting trusses on a 2,400 head finisher near Wayland, when a phone call changed his whole life.
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Market Update presented by Conterra Ag
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We need term limits, whatever side you're on
Three days each that changed our lives
See us at Gateway Farm Expo and HayCon
12 years old, a four wheeler, and 60 mph
A ruptured spleen and internal bleeding
The nurse who tapped the doctor's shoulder
"Four wheeler injury? He'll be all right"
July 11, 2018, the day my dad died at 99
Bringing him home to the house he was born in
What they don't tell you in the brochure
Nobody's coming to save you now
Every field and bin site has a memory
Guilt over tearing out Dad's hog buildings
How a farmer is supposed to grieve
Great American Farmer at the funeral
Some may be bigger, but this'll do
Why I can't pick the greatest day of my life
Summer of 1991, the first "I love you"
How to know she's the one: make her mad
The 10 percent days in a marriage
Why it's easier to quit the second time
Trajectory days vs grind days
The first Shopify notifications
380 yards of concrete and Texas Roadhouse
A phone call on a hog barn roof in 2001
The crazy guy who took that job
The boss who saw opportunity in risk
What day changed your life?
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Tork's dad lived to 99, flew fighters, practiced law, and paid for a farm. In July 2018 he fell down the basement stairs, and Tork brought him home to die in the same house he was born in. No guest this week. Sawyer and Tork each picked three days that changed their lives, and this is all six.
Tork sat up alone that night giving the hospice doses every few hours, and his dad passed around
The part most farm guys never say out loud is what comes after. When your dad goes, nobody is coming to save you. Every field and bin site has a memory. You don't want to be the generation that screws it up. And now Tork is tearing out the hog buildings his dad put everything into, and he feels guilty about it.
Also in this one: how to know she's the one, the 10 percent days in a marriage, why it gets easier to quit the second time, 380 yards of concrete and a trip to Texas Roadhouse, the boss who taught Tork to stack equity, and the Market Update with copper near a record.
Some may be bigger, but this'll do.
What day changed your life? Drop it in the comments and we read them.
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