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One friend leaves our shelter as a new one enters.
Frankly I often haven’t a clue what I’m going to write about here until I start writing. Obviously there are those times when something happens that inspires me but other times I feel like I’m waiting for the something to… Read More ›
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Hoping Tomorrow Brings a Miracle Instead
7.8.13 Update: Less than two weeks ago I wrote this blog with little hope. And yet today I handed these darling babies to a wonderful woman who will love and care for them for life. While it feels a tad… Read More ›
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Free To Good Home
In my self-professed half-full way, I dislike having to be the pragmatist or as some people will surely suggest, the pessimist but I feel compelled to at least be informative. Maybe enlightening for some. As this week in the classifieds… Read More ›
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The Only Mother They Have
I wrote another blog last night or started one anyway but as often is the case, my plans were overcome by other events that caused me to write this one instead. In part because the last 24 hours have been… Read More ›
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Be the Change You Want to See
The following blog is the work of my new friend , volunteer and foster for our Shelter, Michelle Earl. As you will read, after completing our volunteer orientation program just a few months ago, Michelle and her daughter Anna, jumped into… Read More ›
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Outrage replaced by a promise
Update to this story. Seven days after being left at a vet clinic to be put to death, GeeGee has found a forever home with a wonderful family that will give her the life she should have had all along! … Read More ›
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A brave woman, a little dog and a great lesson
There’s a reason why I watch HGTV and the Food Network. I don’t like bad news. But I watched the news after the Oklahoma tornado this week and wow, was that ever difficult. Through tears I watched as a mother retold of not… Read More ›
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The Best Friend He Could Ever Have
Remembering now how Gracie came to be homeless and in our shelter in November of 2011 is impossible. Whatever the story, it wouldn’t be worthy of her. And her name wasn’t Gracie. In fact it was Rosie, which again I… Read More ›
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My last day in our shelter
Visiting other shelters and talking to those that work there is one of the best ways to learn. Whether it’s cleaning protocols, volunteer programs, adoption procedures, or just things as simple as making your lobby brighter and more welcoming to… Read More ›
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A Question Never Asked
Just hopped off the mower to post this short blog, which I think must be a blogette. Since the news of our spay/neuter clinic groundbreaking, I’ve been asked a question several times by friends, media, family, political figures, etc. The… Read More ›
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