unfortunately jared was born with a health condition he inherited from me, its where the body should heal but instead it attacks itself. so he was sick a lot. i breast fed him for his 1st year (till a car accident) but my milk was not strong enough for him so in order for him to survive i had to also give him goats milk fresh from the farm. ( he was allergic to cows milk)

we did not live near any farms so the milk was not easy to come about. & it was very expensive. the store up the block sold it but jared had to have raw goats milk. once processed & to the store shelves it was no good to him.

well a few people died from drinking raw goats milk bought from arizona farms so for a while the farms were forbid from selling it. jared was almost out of milk, what would i do? how could i feed my baby? how could i keep him alive ?

i had no one to confide in, no one to go to. i didn't even have a phone . no family or friends to tell my situation to.

i was alone with a sick baby that i knew would die if he didn't get that milk. well i fed him his last bottle & laid him down for his morning nap. i knew he wouldn't sleep long & when he woke he would be hungry. i just couldn't bare the thought of my child waking up crying for his milk & none to feed him. so i began to pace my floor back & forth & poured my heart out to my God. i just talked to Him about the whole situation as i prayed.

then i heard a knock at the door & when i answered it there was a woman standing there holding a tall warm glass jar of raw goats milk. (now remember i had not told a soul of our dire situation, no one but my Lord & Savior).

this woman had straight brown hair pulled back in a pony tail. she was wearing no makeup & had on jean overalls. her eyes were filled with such compassion. she said heres your goats milk & handed me the jar. as i took it into my hands it was warm & my thoughts were to the Lord - "it's warm, is it ok for jared to drink"?

i had not said anything out loud but instantly she answered my question & said the milk is good, it's ok to feed your baby. i said thank you & closed the door. my thoughts were swarming, how did she know...............

right away i added water to the milk & put the remainder in the freezer to keep it good for him to drink. jared had just enough milk to feed him tell the farms were selling it again. praise God!

some years later while i was pondering on that awesome experience i heard the Lord say "that was my angel"!

"for I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you & not to harm you, plans to give you hope & a future. Jeremiah 29:11

we take into our home all kinds of animals & rehabilitate them, train them, give them lots of affection & try to place them into a good home. we have them from a day to 3-4 months. right now we have 7 animals in the house  & stray cats come to feed & drink every night in the front & back yard. the summers here in arizona [the valley] are very hard on a stray animal & many of them die a slow death. & kittens are being born litter after litter in this extreme heat. why do people move & leave their pets behind to suffer so?

usually my son jared brings home the strays. dogs, cats, birds, rabbits, a young ferret was lost at the carwash up the street & there were a lot of people there. the poor thing was wet & shaking all over & i watched it scan the area & look at the people , then it set its eyes on jared. the li'l thing bee lined it straight for him & ran up his body & snuggled into the warmth of his neck. once when jared was  elementary school age he was making cookies at the house & he said something showed him he needed to go to the door. after this happened twice he then went to the door & a li'l bird was standing at the screen waiting for him to help him.

2 months ago it was my turn to bring in a half starved kitten that was experiencing its 1st rain & it was a hard rain at that. it was hanging onto the side of my tree & screamin like their was no tomorrow. so i rescued it & a vet lady came in & gave it an i.v. she said it probably wouldn't pull through but i prayed over it & nurtured it.

2 months later she is still a skinny li'l thing but so full of spit & vinegar. she gets every thing that she can move in my room & tosses it everywhere. she sits on a crate in front of the tv & watches it. she loved the olympics & attacked the tv often when it was on. i even watched her try to climb into the side of the tv. she'd looks at the screen & then tries to get into the side of the tv as they'd disappear off the screen. she has a favorite stuffed animal that she attacks as if it's her last meal & she sleeps with it too. i have my b-day balloons hanging over my bed with streamers hanging from them. & she jumps at least 3 feet high attacking them of course it is when i am trying to sleep.

she loves to sit in a hammock that hangs over the window & sunbathes . she often attacks my feet at night & i wake in horror  as if a crazed attacker is in my room.  i yell out into the darkness NO!  she does so many funny things but the one she did last night topped them all. jared brought in a huge box of cat litter & set it in my room. when i walked in there the kitten had pulled the new improved easy pour spout out & she had her li'l arm & paw all the way down in it as far as she could reach. i looked on the floor at a big pile of litter & bits of it that was scattered  all around her. then i looked back up at her & that li'l boogar was scooping out litter as she frantically attacked it in the box.

on a serious note.......... like bob barker always says: please spay & neuter your pets.