From: Terry Fisher, remembering_oddball@yahoo.com
I WAS JUST WONDERING...
DOES THAT PERSON THAT THREW THE DOG AWAY THIS WEEK CARE ABOUT
HOW MUCH
SLEEP I HAVE LOST, WORRYING IF I WILL FIND A SAFE PLACE FOR
THEIR DOG???
DO THE PEOPLE THAT TURNED THE DOGS IN AT THE POUND EVER THINK
ABOUT THE
THINGS I DO WITHOUT, SO I CAN HAVE THE GAS TO TAKE THOSE DOGS TO THE
WONDERFUL RESCUE THAT OFFERED THEM A SAFE HAVEN???
DOES THE MAN THAT ALLOWS HIS UNALTERED MALE OR FEMALE TO ROAM
AROUND TOWN
THINK OF THE HOURS I SPEND DRIVING BACK AND FORTH TO THE LIBRARY
TO POST THE
BEAUTIFUL PUPPIES THAT HE SAYS HE NO LONGER WANTS???
DO THE PEOPLE THAT MOVED AND LEFT THEIR DOGS IN TOWN EVER CARE
ABOUT THE
TEARS I SHED FOR THE DOGS THAT SEARCH EACH CAR THAT PULLS UP,
FOR THE OWNER
THEY TRUSTED AND LOVED???
DO THE ONES THAT JUST STRAIGHT OUT THROW THEIR DOGS AWAY EVER
THINK ABOUT
THE HURT I FEEL WHEN I HAVE ONE THAT HAS NOWHERE TO GO AND I
FEEL IN MY
HEART IT WILL NOT SEE ANOTHER WEEK???
THE ANSWER IS PROBABLY NO TO ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS...
BUT, THEY ALSO WILL NEVER KNOW THESE FEELINGS EITHER...
THE WARM WET KISSES WHILE I AM CLEANING THEIR PENS...
THE WAGGING OF NOT ONLY THEIR TAILS, BUT THE ENTIRE BODY, WHEN
THEY SEE ME
PULL UP AT THE POUND...
THE DEEP SIGH OF COMFORT, AS THEY LAY THEIR HEADS IN MY LAP TO
HAVE THEIR
EARS RUBBED...
THE TRUST AND LOVE I SEE IN THEIR EYES AS I TALK TO THEM AND
PROMISE TO DO
EVERYTHING I CAN TO KEEP THEM SAFE...
THE WAY THEY TAKE THEIR TREATS, EVER SO GENTLY, AND THEN LOVE
ME FOR THEM
WHEN THEY ARE DONE...
THE WAY WHEN I FINALLY GET THEM TO THAT SAFE PLACE CALLED
"RESCUE", I LOOK
IN THE MIRROR AND ONLY HAVE MAKE UP ON ONE SIDE OF MY FACE,
BECAUSE THE
OTHER SIDE HAS BEEN KISSED CLEAN...
THE COMFORT OF KNOWING ALL HAVE BEEN SAVED ANOTHER WEEK AND I
WILL GET THAT
NIGHTS SLEEP BEFORE STARTING OVER...
AND THEN, THE WONDER OF HAVING FRIENDS I MAY NEVER MEET IN
PERSON, BUT KNOW
IN MY HEART THEY ARE THE FIRST ONES THERE FOR ME IN MY TIME OF
NEED, SORROW
GRIEF AND JOY...
THAT IS WHY I CAN CONTINUE TO DO THIS...EVEN WHEN I THINK I CAN
NOT GO ON
LIKE THIS, I REMEMBER ALL OF THE ANIMALS AND ALL OF YOU AND
KNOW, I CAN
NEVER STOP...
TERRY LYNN
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