There is thing about me that I don't understand but that I accept as a gift, a way to help. For some reason, needy animals find their way to me from time to time. Last spring, I happend across injured birds on three separate occasions. One of them was an injured baby duck that I found crossing a busy 6 lane intersection. There was no water to be seen, and no other ducks. So, I jumped out of my van, carefully crossed the street (which amazingly to me, had no oncoming traffic), and scooped up the quacking duckling. I made it back to the van before any cars arrived!
Dutifully and lovingly, my son Thomas and I transported that little duck to Second Chance Wildlife Refuge (It is a non profit that cares for injured and orphaned wild creatures with the goal of returning them to their natural environments). Because I had already made at least one trip to their center that spring, I knew exactly where to go with my wiggling quacking bundle. It was just a side trip before hitting the play area at the mall.
Well, it's a new year and spring is approaching. Yesterday, Caitlin and I were on a mother daughter shopping trip. On our way from the shoe store we spotted a little white dog next to a busy road. I stopped to hold him, thinking that he had escaped from his walker or home. I didn't want him to be injured! And, of course, Caitlin was smitten immediately!
Spunky (as he was later named by the kids), walked right up to me and let me take his collar. I looked around expectantly but there were no people running toward me saying, "Thank you for holding him!!" And there were no open gates. For that matter, there were absolutely NO people anywhere in sight! So, with a breaking heart, I picked that dirty little sweet boy dog up and put him in our truck.
Caitlin, Spunky and I drove around for about half of an hour, hopefully looking for people and asking questions of those we did see. Noone recognized him. So we took him home, fed and watered him, set up a quiet quarantined space for him to rest, and went about our important Saturday activities. Finally, when the day had ended at 10:30 pm, I realized that Spunky had to go to the animal shelter where he could be given medicine and a really good bath. We would LOVE to adopt him but we already have 4 kids and 2 dogs! We miss him.
Is this the beginning of a new spring trend?
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It is so good that you help the animals. We live in a rural area, and people dump strays a lot. I can never turn them away.
Your blog is looking good. Your kids are cute too.
I figure that if needy animals end up getting my attention, there's a reason for it. My belief is that God/Spirit/The Divine guide us to help each other if we listen. Thank goodness, because I certainly do need a lot of help from time to time!
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