Here we are at Christmas with our busy lives, our families, our jobs, and our homes. Each year it seems to come faster as i age and each Christmas seems to come and go without the meaning that it should hold. We each worry about the gifts and the tree with little thought to what Christmas truly is.
This year despite the fact that i am not working and looking with desperation for that job i am thankful for what this time of year truly means. I see what it means in so many ways. I am thankful to our Lord that my son is healthy and safe. I am thankful for the love of my friends, my family, and my incredible rescue family. I am so thankful for the gift in which lay at my side as i type this. My dog family.
I reflect often to when i became a rescuer and realized i never became one.....i was born one. I remember every dog who has come through my life much like it was yesterday. With alot of discussion recently about the Rainbow Bridge i am reminded that when i reach that stage of my life i will meet a stampede of those who i have lost along the way and those who wait for someone to claim them at the gates of the bridge. I am reminded that each one of those loved and lost and those yet to come are my future, my present and my past.
I have asked that each and every person reading this message for a favor. From one giant heart to another i am asking that you meet my challenge this Christmas. Please go out and rescue a life. Even if you are not able to take on another dog, dont have alot of money, dont have alot of time, i am asking you give a little to give alot. Even if you cannot keep this dog foster this poor soul. Feed it, get it well, retrain this dog to know that life with a human being is special and find that dog a home. I care little if it is a Dane or a Chihuahua.......i am simply asking that you find the one that needs you and change that dog's life forever.
It is a rewarding experience that many can say "I cannot do it because i get too attached" and i say to you....thats the point. You will be the stepping stone to the good life for this dog and you will let it go to make room for the next dog down the line who needs you to. This is an incredible gift not only for this dog but for yourself as a person. For your children who should learn what it means to give back. For your heart to become more full. There are no excuses folks.....there are no reasons this cannot happen.
If money is your reason give up your morning Starbucks, your trip to get your nails done, the blouse you may not need, all of those things could feed and vet this dog, this life for a months time while you work for the greater good. God gave us the gift of domestic animals and it is long past time we stop taking this beauty forgranted and give something back. It is time to show our appreciation for the beauty in life and show our Lord we have not forgotten.
At the very least folks if you have a dog who you are not treating as it should be treated change that. Get your dogs off their chains. Bring your dogs inside and out of the fence where they have become a fixture. Feed the dog next door whose owners havent done properly. Donate money to a vets office to allow someone without funding to vet an animal they could not otherwise. Find a rescue and sponsor a dog who is up for adoption and awaiting a home. If each one of you did just one thing we could be an army making a difference. I am asking that you join my Army and become my troops....i am asking you to make my Christmas whole as this is all i ask for. It is a small price to pay for the hearts we have been given inside to use for the greater good.
If you have done any of these things for Christmas please post them. Please share them on Facebook at the Dames forDanes Page. Please email me and let me share. And most of all please honor my Christmas wish....i ask not for myself but for the dogs who need your help. Make my Christmas bright. Please. It is my wish and my prayer.
