I have always loved the feeling of helping others and making a difference. I cannot think of any one amazing story such as some of them here though
I do think little things along the way add up for all of us
and one of those things just this very minute made itself known to me (and I was already bawling over reading these other stories before *this* happened).
All the time I have dated my bf, he has never been an animal lover the same as I am. He liked Holli and took care of her, feeding, watering and such, but growing up his family didn't have dogs that were members of the family like we do. Since being with me and going through the loss of Holli, and having a "baby" in Phoebe, I have noticed a huge change in him around "other people's dogs"...
This leads to today. I have relayed Lady's moms story to him before, and drummed into his head how could anyone leave a helpless animal tied to a tree to die, etc. Imagine if that were Phoebe! He just called and the first thing he said was, "You wondered what kind of people are to leave a dog tied to a tree and leave? Well, one of my tenants has done just that and I am feeding this starving beagle right now, what should I do?". He had a load of dog food that I was sending him to donate to the shelter, so he said he was glad he had that and that he gave him two bowls and it was eating alot. I told him not to over feed him too much right now, and to get him water of course. He said he is so skinny you can see his ribs and he has no idea where the tenant is and that he was up there because he hasnt heard from him. He is asking me if we can take a beagle if he cant find another home for it, and that might have to be an option if it can get along with phoebe but we are discussing options now.
Anyway, my 'feel good' point to the story is that I have made a sympathetic animal lover of my bf in a few short years.
Now to find out what to do with the beagle.....