Keeping The Faith

I am, by nature, optimistic. I believe in people and that good things are just around the corner. Reno is more of a pessimist so we balance each other out.

There are times when even I wonder what makes people so vile and reprehensible. This is one of those days. Today one of the dogs in our rescue program was deliberately run down and killed. This happened because the man was angry the dog may have been on his property. I cannot fathom the anger in this man's heart. How do you purposely inflict such pain on an animal, and on the foster Mom who witnessed it. We see dogs all the time who have suffered at the hands of heartless people. We work tirelessly to save just one more. We take in sick dogs, abused dogs, pregnant dogs, frightened and abandoned dogs. We look at those dogs and see a life full of value and worth a second chance.

Those of us who foster long enough eventually lose one in our care and it is devastating. It happens because we simply are not part of the bigger plan, even though we do the best we can. So we grieve for those who cross the bridge while under our roof wishing we could have done more. We know, they were loved.....they were cherished......and they had value.

And we know we will not let the savage souls of the world take our hope away. Because our love for animals is, and always will be, more powerful than their anger.

RIP Tia - you were loved.