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Jackie Deems

Jackie Deems

“Don’t Stop Believin”

Richard Goodall Is in All of Us

Sep 28

“Don’t Stop Believin”

Sep 28

Jackie Deems

This is Why I Rescue

A young kitten had made his home at a canoe livery and when I arrived, he was there fast asleep underneath an overturned canoe. He was in…

Sep 20

This is Why I Rescue

Sep 20

Jackie Deems

For the Love of Fancy

Fancy’s been gone for 8 days. The last time she disappeared she was gone for 8 years. Yes, 8 whole years. I first met Fancy when she…

May 28

For the Love of Fancy

May 28

Jackie Deems

I Am Still A Mother

I am still a mother. Even though I have lost all 3 of my children, 1 to terminal illness and my other 2 children to miscarriage. I am…

May 11

I Am Still A Mother

May 11

Jackie Deems

Mercy Me

I hear her. Out in the hallway she meows loudly, crowing like a banty rooster. In the middle of the night, she announces she’s caught a…

Mar 28

Mercy Me

Mar 28

Jackie Deems

Choosing Faith Over Fear

I call the sheep in from an adjacent paddock to give them their evening hay in the barn. The sheep move slowly towards me in a conga line…

Jan 17

Choosing Faith Over Fear

Jan 17

Jackie Deems

What if the Good Shepherd Wasn’t Good?

Trying to sleep seemed like a never-ending nightmare last night because of extremely high winds and sleet/hail pelleting the windows. I…

Jan 17

What if the Good Shepherd Wasn’t Good?

Jan 17

Jackie Deems

Real Love

I look down at my heart adorned gumboots and smile. I usually wear them in the summer because they are lightweight, but so far winter in…

Jan 17

Real Love

Jan 17

Jackie Deems

Unclaimed Baggage

We each carry around baggage filled with dark, painful life experiences — choices made, words and actions spoken and perpetuated by others…

Jan 1

Unclaimed Baggage

Jan 1

Jackie Deems

For Unto Us

I sit on the highest hill in the main pasture as the sun goes down sending shards of brilliant multifaceted light across the night sky. My…

Dec 24, 2023

For Unto Us

Dec 24, 2023

Jackie Deems

Jackie Deems

Animal rescuer, farm manager, part-time shepherdess/full-time sheep, sometimes writer, cat wrangler, very blessed child of God.

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