Author Archives
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Worthy of a Chance
When our foster coordinator sent me the text asking if I could foster a puppy, it was just another normal day in my life. And hers. On any given day, a call from our Shelter’s foster coordinator, Debbie Hines asking me… Read More ›
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The Love I Left Behind
From time to time I find myself counseling those that have recently lost a beloved pet. Some I barely know. Some old friends. Some new friends through social media. I can’t even recall how each contact has been made but each… Read More ›
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Make your bed…foster…change your life.
I recently listened to the commencement address given by U.S. Navy Admiral William McCraven that began with “If you want to change the world, start off by making your bed.” He went on to elaborate that “If you make your… Read More ›
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Like a Million Bucks
“Doing something so small can make you feel like a million bucks!” Not my own words but very much my own feeling….often. It’s a quote from someone I just met on Facebook who posted these words after spending a day… Read More ›
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How Do You Choose?
Had the title for this blog before the blog itself was fully formed in my head after reading a post on Facebook where someone asked this question. Not as if it was the first time I’d heard it before but… Read More ›
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Hearts wide open even as they break
Feeling a sort of dull ache this evening that comes now and then. Hoping to ease it with words but not sure what they are nor if it will be enough as I type. Seems to be the result of… Read More ›
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Someone Else Needs Me Now
Today my baby Amelia goes home. Well, I guess as of today she’s not my Amelia anymore. In fact, she never was. But I don’t say this sadly or with regret. I am a foster mom. A four legged foster… Read More ›
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The Truth May Not Set Them Free
At a recent fundraiser, one of the attendees mentioned that they enjoyed seeing our animals posted on Facebook but was saddened by posts stating the urgency for their adoption. I was confused. Not that we don’t feel an urgency to… Read More ›
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Jingling All the Way Home
After receiving a phone call last night from someone who had just found a loose dog with my phone number on the tag, I was reminded of a blog I’d started and never finished. The dog, a former foster, also… Read More ›
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What fostering is truly all about
My hair is dripping wet as I just jumped out of my luxurious Sunday late morning shower and put on hold my trip to Sams and anything else productive I had planned for this day, as the need to… Read More ›
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