Posted: Mar 30, 2021 \/ 06:22 PM EDT \/ Updated: Mar 30, 2021 \/ 07:33 PM EDT<\/p>\n
GUYTON, Ga. (WSAV) Her home is tucked away down a Guyton back road. Its teeming with guineas, goats, and aging horses. And according to Judy Shearouse, most call the place her geriatric farm.<\/p>\n
When Shearouse shows off her collection of animals, she does so proudly. Save for a few roaming ducks and cats, each animal has a place inside a stall or a fenced, grassy area. <\/p>\n
And once a day, during feeding time, she says it is the most peaceful place. <\/p>\n
Thats my time. So I get out there and I talk to my animals. And they dont talk back, said Judy with a smile. But thats a special time and I enjoy that.<\/p>\n
Shearouses backyard farm is bordered by a home she has lived in since 1967. She moved there with her husband, Charles. The two have been married now for nearly 60 years. <\/p>\n
I asked her for a date and we got it and then we had a date the next weekend and after that its been me and her from then on, said Mr. Shearouse. <\/p>\n
For the past few years, Mrs. Shearouse says she has been taking care of her husband. After a work-related accident and other related medical complications, doctors say Mr. Shearhouse will not again be able to walk. <\/p>\n
Dont know what wed do without [Judy], he said. <\/p>\n
Mrs. Shearouse thinks back to her vows. <\/p>\n
For better or for worse, she said. Sometimes we have good days and sometimes theyre not so good, but the majority are good.<\/p>\n
A Christian woman, Shearouse thanks God for those good days. Close friends say she is to thank for many of theirs. They say she lives by the Golden Rule.<\/p>\n
You know what the Golden Rule is? Do onto others as you would have others do onto you. Thats what she always does, said Barbara Russell, a neighbor and friend.<\/p>\n
Shearouse may not be in the limelight, but she is there when friends like Russell want fresh blueberries and eggs. <\/p>\n
And she is there when childhood friends like Jane Henshaw are recovering from surgeries.<\/p>\n
I love her completely and I trust her completely and she blesses my life. Thats the kind of friend I have. Truly, said Henshaw. <\/p>\n
Further, Sherouses grandchildren say she is there when they need a long talk. <\/p>\n
I know not everyone has someone like her, so it means so so much to have someone who I know loves me unconditionally and just does everything, said Shearouses granddaughter Casey Weredyk. <\/p>\n
And though, as Shearouse noted previously, her animals dont talk back, if they could, they would agree that she is always there, especially in the mornings when they need breakfast. <\/p>\n
I just love her. Always will, said Mr. Shearouse. <\/p>\n
Others who love Mrs. Shearhouse say that when you live a life like hers, eventually, you may also get what she has: everything from a geriatric farm to a yard full of people who are awed by a life of selfless deeds.<\/p>\n
Lovethats what our family is based on, she said. Everybody loves everybody, so I guess in the long run, thats what we all live on.<\/p>\n
They do everything they can for the world by being good people, said Henshaw. I think thats something to aspire to? Dont you?<\/p>\n
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