Hayley and Mo Molina moved onto Hayley's family's 400-acre ranch in Oklahoma. Courtesy of Hayley and Mo Molina

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hayley and Mo Molina, 30 and 49, a married couple who live on a 400-acre ranch in Claremore, Oklahoma. Hayley's parents bought the ranch in 2021, and now four generations of family live there. The following has been edited for length and clarity.

Hayley: I was born in Bluffton, Indiana. Then my family moved to Oklahoma when I was three.

We always lived in town, and my family knew nothing about ranching . They were golfers; I didn't listen to country music until I was in high school — we were city people.…