Dawn Hayman, Author at Spring Farm CARES

Animal Message of the Day – Mabel

From Mabel: “I am delighted to answer this question each year, so thank you for giving me this opportunity. I am grateful for so many things. I wasn’t always that way. I used to be fairly withdrawn within myself. But all of that changed when I found some amazing donkey friends to be with. I […]

Animal Message of the Day – Olivia

From Olivia: “This is my favorite thing to do each year. I always ask if I can give a message because I have a lot to say. I lost my leg when I was very young. But I never once let that get me down. I get around just like the cats with four legs. […]

Animal Message of the Day – Houdini

From Houdini: “I want to tell you a story. I want you to know where I came from because then you will understand why I am deeply grateful. My two friends Harley and Harriett and I all came from a place that brought us great pain and sadness. No one was taking care of us […]

Animal Message of the Day – Ollie

From Ollie: “I am most grateful for tolerance. You see, I have not always been blessed with the gift of tolerance and have often formed opinions on things too quickly and jumped to wrong conclusions. Sometimes I was not very nice and I don’t think others really liked me either. But the most interesting thing […]

Animal Message of the Day – Harley

From Harley: “I’m new at this but I wanted to give this a go. I am so grateful to be alive. There was a time I didn’t know if I could survive. But I did. My two friends, Harriet and Houdini, and I found angels that helped us out of the situation we were in. […]

Animal Message of the Day – Lady Grey

From Lady Grey: “I am very grateful to know I have a home. Not long ago, I was out on the street desperately looking for help. Someone I cared about just let me outside and left. I didn’t know where to go or what to do. I was lost. I had no food. There were […]

Animal Message of the Day – Coco

From Coco: “I am often so filled with gratitude that it makes me run around and bray with joy. I want to reach out to those of you who feel misunderstood. You see, I’m sort of a misfit myself. I’m a little different than the other donkeys. At first it made me sad that I […]

Animal Message of the Day – Molly

From Molly: “If you look at me and the only thing you see is that I have no eyes, then you are not looking at me for who I am. I do not feel sorry for myself at all and I request that no one else feels sorry on my behalf either. I live a […]

Animal Message of the Day – Sylvester

From Sylvester: “It was when I was most lost that I found hope and happiness. Sometimes those darkest times bring us to the greatest places. I am cherished and loved and told each day how important I am. What an amazing thing to be grateful for. My heart is filled with joy every time I […]

Animal Message of the Day – Felix

From Felix: “Every hour of every day you have a choice to be happy or miserable. I know this because I have made both choices at one time or another. Like when it is pouring rain and miserable outside, and I don’t want to get wet, but I want to go eat some grass, I […]

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Animal Message of the Day: Tommy

From Tommy: “I feel like I haven’t seen all that much of life quite yet. I’m a young kid who had a big responsibility to help my brother Timmy. Timmy was born different than me. A lot of the time, he makes no sense. He does strange things. I don’t really understand him. But I […]

Animal Message of the Day: Mia

From Mia: “I am grateful for being loved. It feels very good to know I am home and never have to worry about being abandoned again. I have left those days behind me. I walk freely now into seeing beauty all around me. I love the colors of the trees. I love a blue sky. […]

Animal Message of the Day: Eloise

From Eloise: “There was a time in my life where I was discarded and forgotten about. It left me feeling very hopeless. But I have a whole new life now. I had 6 babies just after I arrived here on this farm. It meant a lot to me to see and understand that they did […]

Animal Messenger of the Day: Piper

From Piper: “I love to answer this question every year. I so look forward to this! You see, people are always astonished when they meet me. I was born without eyes and have never once seen the world the way most of you do. Yet, my world is not dark at all. I am able […]

Animal Messenger of the Day: Mary Beth

From Mary Beth: “Every second of every day is a moment to be grateful. There is not one breath that I have taken that I have regretted. People tend to feel sorry for me and I really don’t like that. This is me! I am very alive and very happy. And you know what I […]

Animal Message of the Day: Buster

From Buster: “I have so much in my life to be grateful for. I have experienced some rough things from people in my past. In fact, I lost my eye because of that and have a lot of problems with my back and legs too. But, I tell you that not so that you will […]

Animal Message of the Day: Cumin

From Cumin: “I bet there are people looking at this and saying, ‘what could a guinea pig have to say?’ And that’s ok if you thought that. But don’t you at least agree that I am cute? There is so much in life to be grateful for. I love the taste of so many different […]

Animal Message of the Day: Harriett

From Harriett: “I may be little but don’t let my size fool you. There is a lot of me in here. I am grateful to feel the joy in being alive. I am grateful to have my friends with me. We stuck together in hard times and wanted to stay together forever. We got our […]

Animal Message of the Day: Misty Mew

This year you can enjoy the messages in two formats. First, in writing and below there is also a video with Dawn reading the message. We hope you enjoy! From Misty Mew: “I am very grateful to have a purpose in life. I am the head greeter here. That’s a big job. We get lots […]

Author: Dawn Hayman