A New Heart

a calf with a new heart on its forehead

Each animal we have is unique and distinctive. Each of them have different markings and color patterns. This little calf has what looks like a heart on its forehead. When I see it, I think about how I got a new heart.

February 7-14 is National Congenital Heart Defect Awareness week culminating fittingly on Valentine’s Day. I have had 2 open heart surgeries, as an adult for congenital heart defects. So a heart shape on a calf or any time “heart” is mentioned, it means something to me! One of my boys even gave me a heart shaped rock in the Smoky Mountains once and I still have it!

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Giving the Gift

We can’t do anything on the farm in all the rain and mud! So we are taking the time to Spotlight our friends and their ministry (with their permission, of course). This is definitely a sobering topic, but we urge you to consider how you can help. Please take the time to read, share and SUPPORT!

Who doesn’t love to receive a gift? Who are we kidding? Everyone loves to receive a gift! But do you know that giving the gift is the best part? Have you ever given a gift that you knew the receiver was just going to love and you waited and watched with excitement for them to open and see? Wasn’t that the best?

two hands holding a gift wrapped with a red bow

Now think about it…..It’s that gift, that in order to give it, it will cost you dearly. It didn’t cost you time or money, it cost you your life.

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