From Brandy: “I am most grateful for being able to share my heart with those who can use a dose of compassion. I think the human heart is a very beautiful thing. But what I notice most about you is that you often cannot see your own light and beauty. So, if you come to […]

From Bella:  “I know what you’re thinking because I hear it all the time…. ‘oh what a pretty cat.’ I am grateful for the compliment but there is far more to me than my pretty looks. I have always been a little shy around people, but that is changing. I have a renewed mission and […]

From Rollin: “Hey, hey, hey there! I am Rollin and I am a spectacular rooster. Here are some of the many things that I am grateful for. Hens, without them I am lost. The sun, always. The rain, as it is needed. Worms. Bugs. Mud puddles. People who listen. People who care. Kindness. The quiet […]

From Leo: “I love these messages. I think people underestimate how much we animals do appreciate things and how deeply we feel about things. I see this all the time. Sometimes people say things about me and call me stubborn. That is because they really don’t know me. And when people dismiss me, then I […]

From Lucy:  “This is a very special year for me so I asked to be picked for this question. Without the help of my human friends here, I would not even be alive right now. People believed in me. They trusted me with the decision that I still wanted to live. I had a disease […]

From Mary: “Oh my goodness, the list of things I’m grateful for is very long. First of all, I must tell you that I love being a sheep. It is the greatest thrill of all. I am grateful to stand outside in the sun and soak in all the warmth. I am absolutely infatuated with […]

From Cami: “I spent a part of my life feeling like I was not grateful for much of anything if I’m honest. It was like I kept hitting a wall. I ended up with humans who never understood me. They tried to get me to do things I just couldn’t do. I tried to please […]

From Arabella:  “I am grateful that people here see me for what is inside. I know I am tattered and torn. But my heart still loves comfort and compassion. I love to sit with humans who understand me. There is nothing better than sharing with another heart. I love my cat friends too. If someone […]

From Lucy:  “The years have been very kind to me. I am enjoying every bit of this amazing ride in this spectacular goose body. There is so much to do. I cannot get around as much as I once did. But I am still keeping track of all there is going on around the farm. […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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. […]

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 […]