Doug Pojeky, the president of the Wild at Heart animal-rescue center in Vancleave, Mississippi, has a way with animals. You might call it otherworldly. He’s not a veterinarian—he served 20 years as a Navy Seabee. But from the time he was a child, Doug had a profound connection with other living creatures. Gigi sensed it immediately.
Gigi, a great horned owl, was in distress when she came to the shelter. Her pupils were dilated, a sign of concussion. Her blink reflex was slow. She was lethargic. There was blood around her beak. She was reluctant to let anyone near her, except for Doug. He gently reached into her cage and drew her out. Holding her talons in his right hand, he pressed her back against his chest. Talking all the time in a quiet, matter-of-fact voice, he gave her water and pieces of raw meat.
“I didn’t think she’d make it through the night,” Doug says. “Nocturnal birds get hit by cars. Blinded by headlights, they fly straight into a vehicle. This one was bad.”
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Ivy Dishes
“My mom found a house for us to look at,” said my fiancé, Jon. “It’s in Richfield, not far from where I grew up.”
The Duet
“Can you perform a hymn for us next week?” my pastor asked me after Sunday service.
The Girl in the Dream
Was this a church? The high, vaulted ceilings made it seem like one—almost but not exactly.
News From Around Our Wonderful World
Liverpool, England Joanne Carr is hailing her son, Dougie McInerney, as her guardian angel.
A Light in the Blizzard
I stepped on the gas and shifted into drive, then reverse, then back into drive again.
Straight From the Fish's Mouth
Florence, Italy. I’d been there before on one of those scruffy five-dollar-a-day youth-hostel jaunts through Europe, but now, just graduated from college, I was wondering what to do with my life.
Divine Callings
Have you ever felt called to a purpose?
Dad's Voice
As I reached to turn off the lamp on my bedside table, my eyes fell on the card my brother Isaac had given each of us siblings on what would have been Dad’s sixty-eighth birthday.
Ben's Answer
It was midafternoon, and I was already curled up on the couch in the living room with no plans to move.
A Doll's Hat
My fears around the surgery built all day.... God, please let me be as strong as my young patients are.
