A miracle!

Urgent was in the subject line so I knew I had to read this one. I get so many a day. Emails that is but this one was a matter of life and death, literally. A plea had been sent out to spare the lives of one very pregnant walker hound and a cocker mix named Ginny. They were in a high kill Charleston county shelter and were scheduled to be put down. The rescue group that I volunteer with said we had room if we could just get them from Charleston to Anderson. I knew I had to do something. I could not sit idle at my desk seeing these precious babies about to be injected with the death stick. Just because some inhumane, ignorant person decided they didn't want these two dogs, Upstate Rescue did. I emailed the sender and said that I could meet anyone in Columbia anytime if someone could get them to Columbia. Long story short that afternoon I was headed to Columbia to rescue these two precious babies. I was so nervous as I didn't know how soon the babies would begin being born so I knew I had to drive fast. We got the two in my car, got mom comfy, and I began the trek back to the facility arriving at 10:15 pm Monday night. what a day! I am happy to say that mom, named Hope, delivered 7 babies, 5 of which made it, Friday night and I WAS THERE TO SEE IT. I wanted to cry. I want to cry now as I write this but I am in Subway and that would look strange! What a miracle. This poor dog abandoned and scheduled to die now has a second chance and so do her babies.

A friend of mine said I had found my weakness. Caring for animals. No, it is not a weakness. It is my passion. It is why I was put on this earth. I have such a heart for animals that no one wants. I want to educate those ignorant people who think it is okay to breed dogs to death for the mere pleasure of it. We have SO many dogs put down on a daily basis in Anderson County alone. It is senseless that my state of SC cannot get stricter breeding laws. WAKE UP SC!!

Breeding dogs for an income is not the way to make money! Go get a job that doesn't mean our shelters are forced to put animals down. Ok, I am venting now but this is truly my passion and folks need to be educated on the senseless killing that is occuring!

I am so thankful that God has blessed me with this passion. I cannot think of another passion I would rather have them helping animals. It is also a chance to meet people and have a chance to talk to them deeper. What a great thing! I even got to talk about capstone church!

While I only give a few hours each week to the shelter the hours I do spend go so far in making my heart swell. what an awesome feeling to know that I MAKE A DIFFERENCE. It is unlike anything I have ever experienced and I love it.