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Seven
Not my original first edition, but the one I have now. Years ago when I was around seven I ran across the first printing of this enormous book in a bookstore in my home town. It was the same year I left Sunday school. I had too many questions that they either wouldn’t or couldn’t answer. I was experiencing things none of my friends experienced and the stories I was being spoon fed about the…
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This is so beautiful
this fills me with joy
#vegan #cow #beauty
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‘Cause I Gotta have Faith-a-Faith-a-Faith
Faith, also known as “The Exfoliator” (more on that in a moment), came to us in a very different manner than most of our residents. Around eight years ago, during our annual Hoe Down event, a young girl approached me and asked if I could take in a dairy cow she knew and loved and wanted to save from a farm. Hearing more about the cow it was clear this farm was a dairy. The girl, named Jacinda, told me how this cow would come up and lick her; she knew her by her ear tag number and recited it to me. I told her that if she could get the farmer to give up the cow, I would take her.
The following year, I saw Jacinda once again at our Hoe Down. And this time, she was very excited to share some unexpected news: The farmer said she could have the cow! Adult confirmation from her mother immediately followed and we scheduled a time for the cow we would name Faith to arrive at Farm Sanctuary’s New York Shelter.
Eight years prior to Jacinta’s encounter with Faith, a different young girl was in the process of raising a newborn calf as a 4-H project. Her grandfather was a Pennsylvania dairy farmer, and he had offered to purchase Faith at the fair to become part of his dairy operation. Faith joined the dairy herd at 2 years old, but to the disappointment of the farmer, Faith was sterile.
Likely born with a male twin, Faith had acquired the male (XY) component in utero by exchange of some cellular material through the placenta. As a result, she was born a Free Martin – female in appearance, but possessing more masculine behavior and size. Her ovaries did not function, so she could not get pregnant. And because she could not get pregnant, she could not produce milk. Therefore, she was considered just as useless to the dairy as her male counterparts.
In any other world, Faith would have been immediately sent to slaughter, but the granddaughter protested and Faith was allowed to live on the dairy farm despite the fact she could not contribute to production. She was safe… for about five years. And then, her number was up again when the granddaughter was headed off to college. The farmer decided the time had come to send Faith for slaughter.
This is where our Jacinda and her friend Cassidy (along with their mothers, who worked at a local rescue group called Animal Rescue Inc.) convinced the farmer to let Faith go. There was a home awaiting her at Farm Sanctuary; I had promised. So began the second act for Faith.
Jacinda and her friend Cassidy with Faith during her first moments at Farm Sanctuary
Faith has been with us since 2008. She lives, loves, and licks her way through each and every day at the farm. Now in her teens, she is starting to slow down just a bit; she joined our special needs herd this year. But this girl’s still got it – that attribute which earned her the nickname “Exfoliator.”
From the moment you meet her, Faith will show you just how she’s earned her nickname. It all starts with very tiny tip-of-the-tongue lick that will quickly turn into a full-on bath with the sandpaper tiger-like tongue of the EXFOLIATOR! She’ll cure you of your dry skin in a way that feels like she’s licked you raw. She has used that talent to apply what feels like a bit too much mousse in the hair and has literally lifted shirts off guests and caregivers with that powerful tongue.
She is very comical and gets right up in your face when you come into her pasture or the barn. When you take a photo it often looks like this:
She runs when you call her name and acknowledges you with just a look if you don’t have anything exciting to share. But watch out if she thinks you do have something to offer; old or not, this gal is quick! She is loved by everyone she meets and is always up for a hug, but be prepared for things to go further! She is after all the Exfoliator!
Please share Faith’s story. Together, we can encourage awareness and understanding about such unique individuals as well as the unfortunate truth about the dairy industry. With a growing number of delicious dairy-free options and recipes, it’s never been a better time to make the switch. And it is one of the easiest ways to honor cows like Faith.
With your support we can continue to promote compassionate vegan living through rescue, education, and advocacy efforts. A compassionate world begins with you!
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A life lesson
… that moment when you realize, friends are dying of cancer, people you know, know people hanging on to life by a thread after a massive propane explosion, loved ones are missing from your life, and the people closest to you are the only ones who truly know your pain. Life is exciting… live it now. Life it WOW! You only have this moment. Yesterday does not exist, it can’t harm you. Tomorrow does…
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Kickstart your Life!
Kickstart Your Life Special For a limited time we’re offering you an opportunity to Kickstart Your Life! January through March 2016 we’re offering intuitive life purpose coaching to kick off your New Year and empower you to embrace your NOW for just $1 a minute. We can work with you as a couple via Skype, Facebook Video 0r phone, Schedule from 15 and 40 minutes at just $1 a minute! Just…
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A Dose of Pain Relief.
A Dose of Pain Relief.
Being an individual who suffers from chronic pain and has been on numerous pharmaceuticals over the years to curtail my pain, I have discovered a product that I can’t speak well enough of: Dose of Nature Strap CBD oil The CBD hemp oil extracts in any form are legal in every State in the US, and shouldn’t be confused with Medical Marijuana regulations. The Dose of Nature hemp products are…
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Thanksgiving Compassion
Something to ponder. Like many if not most of you I grew up in a meat and potatoeshome. Entrees and mains were almost always meat with the occasional exception of pasta. We ate the I assume standard assortment of dead things – roasts, hamburger, pork chops, bologna, bacon, ham, hot dogs.. all of which have their names changed. Mom didn’t say “kids, time for dinner, we’re having cow butt, ground…
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Family Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Family Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Captured in a moment of time… this is my moms family of 12 children and my sweet grandma & grandpa at their home in Reedsburg Wisconsin. I was about 5 or 6 when this photo was taken yet I remember the day entirely! I loved going to family get- togethers and seeing my huge extension of family, can you even imagine how many cousins I had at my disposal! What a gem of a time frame. 4 of the lovely…
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Family Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Family Gratitude and Thanksgiving
Captured in a moment of time… this is my moms family of 12 children and my sweet grandma & grandpa at their home in Reedsburg Wisconsin. I was about 5 or 6 when this photo was taken yet I remember the day entirely! I loved going to family get- togethers and seeing my huge extension of family, can you even imagine how many cousins I had at my disposal! What a gem of a time frame. 4 of the lovely…
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You're already psychic.
You’re already psychic.
What are the main reasons people can’t seem to develop their intuitive abilities? The short answer is disbelief, resulting from a lifetime of cultural conditioning, aka Cognitive Dissonance. This is a major hurdle for some to get past as many may have to overcome cognitive dissonance. This is the state of resistance to altering our core beliefs. Much in the way of the core belief system in this…
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A Transformation Story
I spent years chasing the American dream. I had the kids, wife, 2 cars a nice home and a great job in advertising. I was living the dream, but I was absolutely and completely miserable. I had moved up that corporate ladder from agency to agency and at one point I was a partner and a VP. I just couldn’t understand why I was so unhappy. I enjoyed the work, or at least I thought I did. I kept…
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They say there is no time in the afterlife, that “time” is an earthly creation. I have good reason to believe that they know what they are talking about so it makes sense to me. TIME has always boggled my mind anyway, I mean I feel fundamentally the same now as I did 20 years ago, even 30 , and perhaps 40, so “time” has always felt elusive and not genuine to me. The best way I can wrap my head around it is to try and live my life in the “NOW” and embrace each moment with the understanding that this moment IS all there actually is.
I do however enjoy that delicious road of nostalgic memories that brings great joy to my heart when I wander back through it. Reminiscing about the moments that helped to create my story… my truth of who I am in this particular life chapter. A black & white photo, the smell of an old book, or picking up a memento that once belonged to another takes me to a place that makes my heart warm and sit in reflective bliss. Don’t you just stand in awe of all the previous “you’s” and the relationships and moments that brought you to where you are now?
I was recently at my parents lake house in Northern Wisconsin helping my mom decide what “mementos” mattered the most to her to take back to Florida as we prepared the house to sell. My dear beloved dad made his transition back to the spirit realm over 3 years ago and we needed to make some hard decisions about what was really important and what to give away. You see, we had to fit the stuff that mattered and represented the bulk of their 50+ years together into a large pick-up truck in a matter of several days. My sister Kim and I worked hard and also had a wonderful time reliving many memories and stories with laughter and tears. From boxes of old hand blown Easter eggs we created as kids, Christmas decor, tubs of photographs and objects of my dads we keep moving forward while enjoying the moments. As it turns out the keep, give or toss game was easier than I would have thought. When it came down to it our most precious MUST have’s all had to do with love. The photos, dad’s bathrobe, slippers, fingernail clippers, comb, and the things he actually used became very dear. My parents wedding dress & suit, their old yearbooks, dad’s fathers and his guitar, mom’s knick knack’s and her mothers brooch, and all the amazing pieces of moments we had all shared. There was a wonderful release as we hauled loads of non-needed things to the Goodwill and the local dump as we purged the material things that held no sentimental value.
I discovered that TIME is absolutely not real and is only set by the boundaries of our mind. As we found the old Bobby Sherman records and played them loudly and remembered all the crushes we had , and then played my parents Johnny Cash collection, I realized just how wonderful the MEMORY LANE is! As I worked and played hard with my mom & sister my dad was there with us, helping to keep us focused and keeping our memories and love alive. When I decided that I must have the PRICELESS potato masher because DAD always used it to make the BEST mashed potatoes, my sister Kim let me have it.. no fuss.. and opted for the meat tenderizer gadget he always used. You see, this is a huge intervention from my dad from spirit as we would normally have fought like cats over every item.. nope, we shared perfectly! And when I realized I had forgot the 1960 ice cream scoop, Kim said she would get it for me when she went back to do some weatherization on the house… how cool is that?
It was a fascinating adventure in love, sharing and authenticity. It deepened my knowing that what matters is people, animals, and all living things. A beautiful reminder to LOVE hugely, forgive always, and place your focus on touching hearts and building relationships. Never put off until tomorrow what you can do in this moment as there is no tomorrow. Stuff is just that, stuff and has no value… only heart connections have value. Un-clutter your life and make room for experiences that will last many many lifetimes.
xoxo
Memory Lane and the Now They say there is no time in the afterlife, that "time" is an earthly creation. I have good reason to believe that…
