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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…

3 min read1 day ago

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I Am Still A Mother

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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…

4 min readMar 28, 2024

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Mercy Me

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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…

3 min readJan 17, 2024

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Choosing Faith Over Fear

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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…

3 min readJan 17, 2024

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What if the Good Shepherd Wasn’t Good?

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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…

6 min readJan 17, 2024

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Real Love

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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…

4 min readJan 1, 2024

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Unclaimed Baggage

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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…

4 min readDec 24, 2023

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For Unto Us

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Jackie Deems

Winter Is a Long Time Coming

Winter is a long time coming, dropping temperatures not lingering for long before they rise again. A bare wisp of snow covers the ground…

3 min readDec 8, 2023

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Winter Is a Long Time Coming

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Jackie Deems

Grief & The Golden Bachelor

I am usually not a fan of the Bachelor Franchise’s series including The Bachelor, The Bachelorette and Bachelor In Paradise but the…

4 min readDec 2, 2023

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Grief & The Golden Bachelor

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Jackie Deems

Anything But Routine

My sheep are used to their new winter routine. Finally. After weeks of trying to introduce them to a new barn and paddock, opening gates…

3 min readDec 1, 2023

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Anything But Routine

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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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