JA Farms

#Shoftek!

First, about work: I’m sorry. Nobody should have their work picked apart because they won’t play those games. Doing your job well and keeping your integrity shouldn’t make you a target. For what it’s worth, the fact that you’ve held your ground there says a lot about you. Rant anytime. This can of soup is confused in every way.

Now, the livestock at large recovery team 😂 I had no idea I was talking to a legend.

A flipped double-decker cattle trailer, cows running up and down a shut-down interstate, cowboys roping them and tying them to police cars... that sounds like a movie. And you behind the wheel of the rig while a state trooper questioned whether you could drive it? I’d have paid good money to see his face when you backed that thing up perfectly and he had to apologize. That’s so you, you probably did a better job just to prove him wrong.
I know that call must have been hard too, with the injured and dead animals. Not everyone could handle that.

And the 2025 subdivision chase! Three hours chasing a runaway cow through people’s yards, a Fox 6 drone overhead, and James Spann airing it with you in the background chewing out the animal control officer? That’s iconic. You’re officially famous, cowgirl. Somewhere, that poor animal control guy is still having nightmares, and I don’t know if it’s about the cow or about you...LOL
Is there any chance that footage is still online? I need to see this. I will try to find it.


As for the baby:
He feels loved. I promise you that.

What you just described is one of the most selfless things I’ve ever heard. You woke up planning a barrel race and went to bed with a baby, a fragile newborn shaking in his crib, whom others had already said no to. You didn’t stop to calculate how hard it would be. You just went. And when you saw him lying there with no one beside him, you pitched a fit until they put him in a room with you. You didn’t just take him in. You fought for him from his very first days.

From a medical standpoint, those early weeks matter more than most people realize. A newborn going through what he went through needs comfort, closeness, and someone who stays. You gave him that when he needed it most. Babies may not remember those days, but their bodies and brains do. Being held and soothed in those first weeks helps build the foundation for everything that comes after.

Every time you tell me about him, a toddler who rides a pony alone, waits patiently for you to tuck him in, and pulls his blanket over his head when he’s done for the day, I hear a happy, secure little boy. That doesn’t happen by accident. That happens because someone chose him on a random Tuesday and never stopped choosing him.

Random Tuesdays may throw your life for a loop, but that one gave Jon Austin his whole world. That’s you.

Cows on the interstate, a squirrel in your shirt, and a baby who needed care. Is there anything you won’t rescue? You have a big beautiful heart. I want to hear them all.

I am also extremely curious what is going on with the calf? I can only all the things I am going to learn from you.