I am a rescue volunteer – one who seldom comes into direct contact with the dogs I work to help. Most of the work I do is with people online – opening, reading, responding to and forwarding emails. This last weekend was pretty typical. I read three – or maybe ten – emails from people wanting to surrender their extremely sweet, very intelligent, gentle and loving Mini Aussie because: they couldn’t afford their medications, they didn’t have the time the […]
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And Then I Cried
It’s different these days, how we communicate with one another about significant events in our lives. Five or ten years ago we would be re-connecting with an old friend over the phone, and – in answer to an innocent question – find that our friend had lost a parent, or a pet, or – God forbid – a child. Our innocent question would, in our mind, bring the pain of the loss to the surface again and we felt terrible […]
