Whether your heart’s been through the ringer or you’re just in need of a pick me up, there’s no better therapy than animals and photography. Would you believe it’s even better than red wine and dark chocolate?!?! The things this citygirl-turned-farmgirl never thought she’d say! Here’s a glimpse of the animal beauty on the farm these days…with a few updates along the way.

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Yes, that’s TWO sheep you see!

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Meet Rosemary, Lily’s older sister and much needed companion.

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Rosemary was a bit of a rescue operation, but then again, aren’t we all?!?! Poor girl has suffered a prolapse, a c-section, a still birth, and a poisonous snake bite. She has fought for her life! But since she’s no longer fit for breeding, she was headed to the stockyard. {Not a good place for a ewe who can’t have babies to go!} Our wonderful sheep breeder gave her to us for free. What a gift to Lily!

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Rosemary came to us with the name “Billy Jo.” But I took one look at her and knew she was a Rosemary. {Sheep don’t really know or respond to their names, but shepherds do. I may forget who I am, but my Shepherd calls me by name…and even calls me crazy, loving, personal things like Bravehearted Beauty!} And I didn’t think of this until today, but when we buried Lavender, we placed this into her grave:

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I wasn’t planning on snipping any rosemary as I walked through the garden to gather a few lavender flowers for Lavender’s grave, but as I passed by the barrels of rosemary, I recalled something my Aunt Judy told me years ago: rosemary symbolizes remembrance.

Rosemary was reserved and skittish at first, but she has stuck to Lily’s side like glue and has quickly learned to trust our love for sheep. I’d say this is pretty trusting:

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And Lily, who never misses a chance to give dirty nose kisses!

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These girls like to get all up in my space!

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And in the cat space, too! Especially Lily.

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Crazy to think she could fit right through the cat door when we first got her!

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Here’s what happens when I come out of the barn shed with a big scoop of feed:

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Talk about having all your ducks in a row!

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And then there’s what I call chicken happy hour:

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And a glamour shot of our girl Hope:

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Do you remember how she got her name? She arrived on our farm a very sick little chick. We prayed over her and had HOPE that she would live. And a year and a half later, she’s the only survivor out of our first 12 chickens. Like Rosemary, she’s a fighter! Thankful that HOPE IS ALIVE on our farm!

And what would Ten 10 Farm be without our good shepherds?

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Our gentle giants know when to kick it into high gear. The other night, they killed a coyote who dared to enter our pasture in search of a duck dinner. That coyote should have heeded the bark warning! Buddy and Bella drove it straight into the pond and pinned it down in a few feet of water until my husband appeared. They don’t even like water! I’m still in awe of their God-given instincts…and how they know when to use them. They protect life on our farm every single day.

And one last update…and a big one at that! We have another new “family” member here at Ten 10 Farm. We have a precious 22 year-old girl living with us for the next nine months. She just graduated from college and is participating in the Fellows Program here in Nashville. They needed host families, and in yet another act of faith and courage, we said YES just a few weeks ago. Right in the middle of our mess, our counseling, our teenage emotions and our beautiful brokenness, we said YES!

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And get this: she’s from TEXAS! Looks like our giant Lonestar State flag is finally making someone feel welcome! Can you believe she’s the only one from Texas in the entire Nashville program, and we get to have her?!?! We love her already, and like everything else we’ve done by faith, we’re feeling like this was a VERY good yes!

Have a wonderful weekend, my Bravehearted Beauties!

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  • Dianne - I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed this post. The farm scenes are so very precious. Thank you for sharing. If I lived closer I would be over there in a flash! Such beauty! I am proud of you for saying YES to many different things. Your life will be so enriched. xoReplyCancel

  • Adrienne - Wow! Just wow! The animals, the farm and the new addition to your family. You are a brave hearted beauty! I am overwhelmed at times with kids and sports and youth groups, but add to that keeping a whole farm alive AND thriving?? God is surely with you <3. Have a wonderful day Linsey!

    P.s. My daughter who struggles with anxiety took it upon herself to make an appt. with the Christian counselor at her school. Just the fact that she did this on her own (with a gentle nudge from the Holy Spirit I'm sure :)), made me happy!ReplyCancel

  • Lisa @ Fern Creek Cottage - I just love the photos of the ducks all lined up! You brought a big smile to my face this morning!ReplyCancel

  • Carrie - Wonderful pictures! I love all the animals but your “shepards” get me every time! Amazing that they instinctively do what the Lord created them to do! They are just beautiful!ReplyCancel

  • chrissi - picture perfect. every shot. but your words make it beyond all of that. they make it real♥ReplyCancel

  • Audrey Baker - So glad I found you again!
    I so enjoy your posts, as they are so good for my heart, mind and soul!
    Thank you for sharing all of your beauty!

    AudreyReplyCancel

  • Sherry - Awesome pictures!!!!! And awesome words! God bless you all. It all touches my heart so much!ReplyCancel

  • Abbie A - I’m so glad you were able to rescue that baby. Your farm is such a great metaphor for the ebb and flow of life!

    Although we often encounter loss, love always flows back in to purify the heart.ReplyCancel

  • Roberta - I recently discovered you through another blog. The post I read really spoke to my heart. We moved from California to Oregon in December. There are many fields and old barns, lots of animals, sheep and horses. There are deer that get hit on the back country roads and my heart just sinks and it makes me wonder what mama or baby or dad think when someone if missing.. Makes me sad. There will be no tears, sorrow or sadness in heaven.. Praise God!You have a beautiful ability(God given gift) to write..ReplyCancel

Hello Bravehearted Beauties! How is your heart this morning? I wish you could sit in the cozy chair across from me and tell me in person. {Aslan would be at your feet, and is no doubt shedding all over the skirt of that lovely slipcovered chair while he snoozes. He doesn’t even have to move to shed! Wink!}

I woke up feeling sad this morning, but just moments ago, my heart was rescued. And it only took a few words. So before I head out to the barn, I have to share a quick story that may bring a needed rescue to your heart, too. I was sitting here with my big cup of coffee, staring out the window at the dewy, sun sprinkled pasture, when I saw Buddy, followed by Lily, followed by Bella, coming up the hill. A line of three, when usually there are four. I felt glad to see Lily in the middle, with a shepherd both in front and behind her. Talk about protection! {And something I’ve learned from the lambs: they don’t go ahead of their shepherd. How I’d love to be more like them!}

But then I felt a sudden sadness because I know Lily isn’t meant to be alone. {Sheep are herd animals. They really need another like them.} Lily is very obviously feeling the loss of her sister. I’m quite sure her little lamb heart is crying inside, and mine is when I look out there and see just one lamb. {I think we’ll need to make a decision soon. Though I’m pretty sure this farm is meant to have sheep. Read John 10 to see what I mean. And our farm name: Ten 10 Farm.}

As I sat there by the window, my Bible was sitting within arm’s reach, which doesn’t mean I always open it. {I too often go weeks without touching it.} But this morning, I grabbed it, cracked it open with one hand to see where it landed. And this is what I read:

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Can you believe it? I thought of Lavender first, then Lily…then my own heart. I am God’s little lamb, and so are you. If your heart is sinking and you’re in need of a rescue this morning, I hope you’ll find comfort in these words. You are gathered in God’s arms and carried close to his heart. 

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“Like a shepherd, he will care for his flock, gathering the lambs in his arms, hugging them as he carries them.” {From The Message.}

I’m off to the barn and then to counseling. Thankful for a swift heart rescue before I head into my day. After all these years, God still amazes me with His timing! I hope He’ll amaze you today, too.

Hugs to you, Bravehearted Beauties!

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  • Julie - Hi Linsey – Thank you for sharing this! I have tears in my eyes… just what I needed to read this morning. Blessings to you and your family!ReplyCancel

  • Amy Avery - Linsey, I have followed your heart wrenching journey with Lavender and have wanted to send a message each time you have updated, but something pulled me away physically and emotionally too. First I will say that I have prayed for you and for Lavender and felt the grief of your loss. It is so very difficult to see our sweet beloved animals suffer and pass away. I believe God does indeed grow our hearts through breaking them open when we love and care for his beloved animals and all of creation. And in breaking our hearts open, we are able to glean a picture of what it is like for Him as he loves and shepherds us. He chose YOU to be in this place on the farm and in your saying “Yes,” He has pulled you nearer to his heart over and over again.
    When I read this post that you published this morning, I knew it was time for me to write to you as God has been nudging me to do. I have been in a difficult place in my life in knowing where God is leading me. I have resolved myself to know that my desire to know has become an unintentional idol. SO again I lifted my head and heart to HIM to just trust and to allow whatever is meant to be to occur in his timing. Unrelated to my desire to just know, I have also suffered from a recurrence of depression which you so accurately described in one of your posts recently. I have felt suffocated by sadness and have hurt so very deeply as I have trudged through the motions of life as if weights were tied to all of my extremities and a thick blanket was draped over my head. I have heard God’s assurance that he is with me and will carry me through this time of sadness and I have seen that light to pull me out through simple trust.
    Today, I received many different gifts of affirmation from God including your post that has helped me to feel that this period of sadness is coming to an end. I am writing to you now as a way of acknowledging that I have received these gifts of hope and love that come only from the Good Shepherd who so lovingly carries us in every single moment of our lives.
    Thank you Linsey for allowing God’s light to shine through you. Your posts mean so much to so many because they allow God’s love to touch the hearts of his beloved and to give them life giving and life affirming hope.ReplyCancel

  • Jamie - Goosebumps! I needed that today. Thank you for sharing.ReplyCancel

  • emi - Linsey, I too have wanted to post a comment to your posts on Lavender . I just didn’t have the words. Know I am praying for you all. From the C S Lewis words to seeing Lavender’s pictures , especially your husband “gathering” Lavender in his arms…. It is to His glory how God is ministering to you. Lots of love to you Linsey and to your family..ReplyCancel

  • Dianne - Thank you for always being so honest. It is refreshing and so very helpful to many. xoReplyCancel

  • Adrienne - Thank you for that beautiful scripture this morning. Helped me too :). And that cute pic!ReplyCancel

Our Lavender was the sweetest little love. I wish I could bottle up her soft nose kisses and gentle “maaaa” sound, but the best I can do is gather some favorite photos into one place for my family to return to when we miss her. I hope you’ll enjoy them, too. {Lavender is the one in the pink collar; her sister, Lily, is in the blue.}

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And one short video featuring Lavender’s sweet sound:

Wish I had a video of the lambs bouncing and bounding in the barnyard during their first weeks here. Talk about adorable! And of course, I wish I had more photos, but I thought I’d have years to capture these two together. We miss our sweet Lavender. But now we have to turn our attention toward her spunky sister, Lily. She’s feeling the loss. Buddy and Bella are the best ever shepherds and guardians, but they don’t make up for Lavender. We’re praying about the next step. And you can bet we’ll keep you posted.

Blessings,

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  • Inga - So sorry she couldn’t stay with y’all a little longer!
    I can tell from the pictures how lovely and loved she was….ReplyCancel

    • Amanda - She was beyond lovely. I know your heart ache. They are just WORTH IT. imthinkmour Heavenly Father sees us that way– worth the risk, the heartache. Love conquers all. May your memories warm your hearts, and may the ache in your souls quickly grow dull as the joy of remembering Lavender takes over.ReplyCancel

  • Sandy - Sweet photos and sweet, sweet memories. Thank you for sharing your heart.ReplyCancel

  • Marjorie Dineeen - Dear Linsey,

    What absolutely beautiful photos of Lavender and your family, and your poetic justice to her. You can feel the love for her through these, and what a beauty she was. I am so very happy that all these experiences have enlarged your heart and have helped you in your journey. May it continue for you.

    Jesus said, “feed my lambs, feed my sheep”. There is a lot of meaning in His few simple words. You are doing that in all the new experiences that your are having. My very, very best to you as you continue to grow and thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with others. Believe me, you are helping others, myself included, by sharing them.

    Much love and blessings to you and your family.

    Blessings, have a beautiful day and know that you are loved by many.

    MargieReplyCancel

  • Judy - Loved your sweet images and memories of your lovely Lavender. So sorry you had to suffer this loss. Lily needs a new sister? or boyfriend? AJReplyCancel

  • Layne - I am sorry to hear of your loss of little Lavender. Such a sweet little face! Your photos are beautiful, and your farm is such a peaceful place.
    Take care- LayneReplyCancel

  • Adrienne - Linsey, so sorry you lost little Lavender. I’ve always wanted to frame a picture of a lamb with the 23rd Psalm. Maybe that mental picture will give you a little comfort this morning. <3ReplyCancel

  • Susan Stanford - Hey! Hope you are having a fabulous weekend!
    My mom has mentioned for a few years how she would love to have a print of lambs for her house. I was at her house this weekend and was showing her your blog and all your beautiful farm animals, and she just adored your lamb pictures. I would love to have one blown up and framed for her for Christmas and was wondering if I could purchase the digital copy for one? Thank you!!!
    -SusanReplyCancel

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When you quote C.S. Lewis, not another word is needed. He’s brilliant. But I do have a few more words, simply because you cared enough to pray for our little lamb. We lost our sweet Lavender on Wednesday afternoon. I wept that day, and have cried several times since. It’s hard to explain how significant lambs have been to my heart. It caught me by surprise. But then again, lambs and sheep are significant to God, and what matters to His heart, matters to mine. {Jesus is called “The Lamb of God” and “The Good Shepherd.” We are the sheep. And one thing I’ve learned about sheep: they need a good shepherd!}

A few years ago, I wouldn’t have cried over an animal. I didn’t have an animal, and honestly, didn’t want one. You know my story: I thought they were too messy for my clean loving self. {And they are!} But here’s the deeper truth: I didn’t want to love something I knew I’d lose. I don’t like heartbreak, and didn’t want to invite it into my life if I could keep it out. I saw friends who cried when they lost a family pet. Why invite that kind of pain? My way of avoiding it: don’t get a pet. Ever. How sad is that?!?!

God knew what He was doing when He spoke Franklin into our hearts, and knew what He was doing when we started dreaming about life on a farm. Not a neighborhood, not a nicely developed subdivision, not a pristine and perfect house. God gave us a farm. A farm meant to delight our hearts and break our hearts…all for the purpose of enlarging our hearts. What started with Buddy and Bella has turned into a huge farm family: chickens, ducks, turkeys {which I don’t talk about because they’re my husband’s project…as in, farm to table}, a surprise puppy, and the unexpected Easter lambs. We said yes to life with every animal we added, and I’ll never regret it.

Oh, it hurts to love. And it will hurt again and again. But let’s risk our hearts. Let’s give our love away and risk the heartache that will surely come. Let’s love deeply and freely and fully to the very end. No holding back, no playing it safe. {Who wants an unchangeable, unbreakable, unredeemable heart?}

Let’s say YES to loving with our whole heart today!

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  • katie anne - I love reading your raw, real truths. I realize your words are your own but to go a little further doesn’t loving with our whole hearts mean not hurting ANY of gods creatures. Your lamb was surrounded by love to the very end. Shouldn’t all animals have this right. According to Gandhi, “I do feel that spiritual progress does demand, at some stage, that we should cease to kill our fellow creatures for the satisfaction of our bodily wants.” With Love & PeaceReplyCancel

  • Cindy - It’s the vulnerability and openness to life that makes us bleed…and yet, can you imagine living a life that where emotion and love were locked away in a box. You are touching so many more lives than you can imagine with your truth Linsey…thank you for touching mine. All of your animals are blessed to live at the Ten 10 Farm. Sending you love…ReplyCancel

  • shelley - You always speak so eloquently the words I need to hear. Thank you!ReplyCancel

  • SimmEcats - (Comfort for your brave beautiful heart, by William Blake)

    Little Lamb who made thee? Dost thou know who made thee?
    Gave thee life & bid thee feed.
    By the stream & o’er the mead;
    Gave thee clothing of delight,
    Softest clothing wooly bright;
    Gave thee such a tender voice,
    Making all the vales rejoice!
    Little Lamb who made thee?
    Dost thou know who made thee?

    Little Lamb I’ll tell thee,
    Little Lamb I’ll tell thee!
    He is called by thy name,
    For he calls himself a Lamb:
    He is meek & he is mild,
    He became a little child:
    I a child & thou a lamb,
    We are called by his name.
    Little Lamb God bless thee.
    Little Lamb God bless thee.ReplyCancel

  • Nancy - So sorry to hear about Lavender! 🙁ReplyCancel

  • Sandy - Oh Linsey, I’m so very sorry for your loss. My heart breaks for you and your family. The loss of any family animal is always so heartbreaking. My prayers are with you and your family.ReplyCancel

  • Lynda - I am so sorry to hear about the loss of your little Lavender. How adorable she is – she looks like pure sweetness. God Bless.ReplyCancel

  • Katie Clooney - Oh Linsey, I am so sorry for the loss of your sweet Lavender. I am sure she is happy where she is enjoying loving memories of you and your sweet farmily. God bless.ReplyCancel

  • christina - Oh, Linsey. i’m sorry for your family’s loss. not having wee ones of my own, only pets, i know right where your heart is. i lost a pup a few months ago, and it just takes your breath away. they have a way, God’s creatures, all of them, of getting into your heart. your heart is so big and there’s room for even more sheep. thank you for your words, they are a reminder of what joy opening your heart can come from allowing yourself vulnerability. sometimes i need a good reminder.ReplyCancel

  • Andrew Fockel - Linsey, thank you for continuing to be such an advocate for loving with our whole hearts. Hearts that are free and alive. It’s one thing to just talk about it, but it is another thing entirely to demonstrate it in the midst of the heartache and the grief that we do open ourselves up to when living this way. Very powerful, thank you!

    Part of me wishes there was a way to avoid the depth of the pain we open ourselves up to when we say Yes fully to love, joy, vulnerability… But I’d like to hope the truer, deeper and growing part of me recognizes that it is worth it. And that the times I have experienced the embrace of my good and loving Father in the midst of the sorrow, (and when I have actually let Him embrace me) are among the most cherished moments of my life.

    I recently heard a wise older man, reflecting on his life, give the counsel – the greatest risk of all is to Risk Love. For from that flows everything else…

    God Bless you guysReplyCancel

    • Bravehearted Beauty - I’m right there with you…wishing we didn’t have to go through the pain to get to the love and the new heart with more capacity for love. But if God is in it and His fruit is produced in me through it, then I say yes to whatever “it” is. And a huge yes to the wisdom you received from an older man: RISK LOVE!ReplyCancel

  • RoseAnne - I’m just now online again & seeing your posts. I’m so very sorry about the loss of Lavender!! You’ve been on my mind and prayed for since reading of her sickness….though just now a different kind of prayer….one of peace for you & your family & also thankfulness that you opened up your heart to love. You are a light for all of us….I know I’ve gleaned so much from your raw honesty & emotion on your blog. Thank you for that gift!ReplyCancel

  • Katey - We lost our 12 year old kitty last year & adopted a rescue a month later. We can’t imagine not having Annie around now! Love heals! Thinking of you.ReplyCancel

  • A Brave New Year » Bravehearted Beauty - […] let my heart break over Lavender {and did all I could to save […]ReplyCancel

  • Looking Forward To 40 » Bravehearted Beauty - […] thing can receive more life, light and love. Let the pain out so you can let the love in. As C.S. Lewis wrote, an unbroken heart is impenetrable and irredeemable. That’s not the kind of heart we […]ReplyCancel

  • Remembering Boaz + A Different Kind of Miracle » Bravehearted Beauty - […] I’ve never prayed for a cat before. And honestly never imagined I would. Because I wasn’t an animal person. And do you know why? Yes, there was the mess, but there was something even deeper: I didn’t want to risk loving something I could so easily lose. I didn’t want to risk having my heart broken. I didn’t want to give my heart away to someone or something that wouldn’t stay around long. I didn’t want to be vulnerable and broken by love. Remember the C.S. Lewis quote I shared after losing Lavender? […]ReplyCancel

  • Vulnerability. | you life and inbetween - […] He goes on to write…”To love at all is to be vulnerable. Love anything and your heart will be wrung and possibly broken. If you want to make sure of keeping it intact you must give it to no one, not even an animal. Wrap it carefully round with hobbies and little luxuries; avoid all entanglements. Lock it up safe in the casket or coffin of your selfishness. But in that casket, safe, dark, motionless, airless, it will change. It will not be broken; it will become unbreakable, impenetrable, irredeemable. To love is to be vulnerable.” […]ReplyCancel

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One of our little lambs is really, really sick. As in, the farm vet said she might not make it. Oh, my heart. Not sure I can handle another loss right now. I never in a million years thought I’d be praying for sheep – or asking YOU to pray for sheep – but farm life has me doing all kinds of things I never thought I’d do. So…can you say a little prayer for Lavender? {She’s the one on the left.} And a little prayer for me as I care for her?

I’m really tender hearted these days, so it doesn’t take much to move me to tears, but losing a little lamb just might put me over the edge. And yet, this tender-heartedness is a gift. Over the last few years, my heart has been cracked, stretched, scooped out and stripped, but in the process, my heart’s capacity has increased a hundred fold. I feel like I literally have a larger heart today than I did two years ago…more compassionate, tender, loving and beauty-filled. Thank you, Lord.

Beauty and brokenness has become the unexpected theme of our move {more on that here and here}…and I’m beginning to think it’s the theme of farm life, especially when you have animals. One thing I know for sure: all of this beauty and brokenness has changed me. While covered in barn stink and sheep sickness today, I had a quick flash of my life in a pristine, upscale neighborhood. {I loved it! West University Place in Houston was home for 37 years.} As the images of a clean, safe, predictable, animal free life filled my mind, I could hardly hold back the emotion I felt over where I am now. All this change inside and out. And then I wondered, “Can I really live like this the rest of my life? Can I really be this messy, vulnerable and tender-hearted?”

Yes. I want to be like this, even if it hurts sometimes. Because this is where abundant life really begins to flow. This is where your heart grows. This is where you find out you’re capable of giving and receiving more life than you ever imagined. And that is the life I want to live.

Thanks for praying for my little lamb today. It means a whole lot to this farmgirl!

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  • Beemie - Little lamb and your family are in prayers and thoughts.ReplyCancel

  • Jennifer - Linsey – I just said a big ole prayer for Lavender’s recovery and for the vet to guide her through her recent troubles. I’ll be thinking about her and you as you get through this. I’m sure you and your vet are taking the very best care of her!

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  • Dianne - Linsey I am praying. It seems unfair that these sweet innocent creatures have to suffer. I know your girls are as worried as you are. May you all be blessed with peace over the next several days especially.ReplyCancel

  • Adrienne - Prayers for you both <3 a God is using you to care for his sheep 🙂ReplyCancel

  • emi - Praying also.ReplyCancel

  • Beth - Praying for little Lavender…ReplyCancel

  • erin - Praying for sweet Lavender…ReplyCancel

  • justine lemmon - Praying prayers of peace, health and comfort for Lavender,you and your family. I will
    hold her in my heart today.ReplyCancel

  • Dianne - Please give us a little lamb update throughout this illness. Still praying for you and yours. xoReplyCancel

  • Angela - Prayers for your sweet lamb and for you too, Linsey!ReplyCancel

  • Suzanne - Linsey- I will be praying for Lavender and for strength and comfort for you and your family. I have truly enjoyed your blog over the years and admire your willingness to share! You are such an inspiration! I have been drawn to your blog not only for the beauty but for your vulnerability in sharing what God is doing in your life! Bless you!ReplyCancel

  • RoseAnne - Linsey, I prayed for your sweet little lamb last night. I know it must be an emotional roller coaster for you & your daughters too right now…not knowing how she’s going to be from one minute to the next. You can know that Lavender is being covered in prayer by all who read your post!

    Also, wanted to let you know that I emailed you a couple of days ago & want to make sure you received it?…as a teacher at my kids school never received one I sent to her on Monday…so I thought I’d check, just in case that happened with yours as well.

    Please keep us posted on Lavender as time allows.ReplyCancel

  • Amanda Burkett - Praying over your darling Lavender today. Asking His most tender mercies over you both, and for his healing hand to cover you. Much love–and many prayers.ReplyCancel

  • chrissi - i would imagine farm animals become part of your “family”, just as house pets do. they are all so vulnerable. loving. when reading your blog, i have often wondered just how you can do all of the this….so much to learn. so much to do. your family inspires. we are sending prayers as you meet this new challenge in your brave new life♥ReplyCancel

  • Gigi - Praying for sweet Lavender and you,too!ReplyCancel

  • Katie Clooney - Aw Linsey… what a sweet little lamb. I will say a prayer to St. Francis, the patron saint of animals. God Bless. AReplyCancel

  • Sherry - Just said prayers for your lil lamb.ReplyCancel

  • Amy - Oh sweet friend, I am sorry. I pray for you both. Love to you.ReplyCancel

  • To Love Is To Be Vulnerable » Bravehearted Beauty - […] needed. He’s brilliant. But I do have a few more words, simply because you cared enough to pray for our little lamb. We lost our sweet Lavender on Wednesday afternoon. I wept that day, and have cried several times […]ReplyCancel