10:52pm
A gentle reminder of times gone by....
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It's been an amazing day for Second Chance - our small shelter, our small town have achieved something that 6 months ago we could only dream about - we have made it to the Top 20 in the contest (13th to be exact) and today we had the visit from Richard & the Zootoo Crew! So first, I would like to thank them - for the contest, for the opportunity to better our shelter in a way we never dreamed of before - for the chance to win a $1Million Dollar Makeover... this journey has been more than I ever imagined...
Second Chance has changed lives in our area and well beyond - and for now I am not talking the dogs, cats, ferrets and other much loved creatures - I am talking the people - I have belonged to the Second Chance family since the inception - since the day my Avon Lady/Dog Officer said "I'm thinking of starting a shelter - want to help" - my answer that day was "sure" and if she asked me again tomorrow my answer would be a resounding sure. Second Chance has given me much more than I have given back - animals to fall in love with - to hug, to cuddle, to clean up after - to say goodbye to with tears in my eyes but a smile on my face as I see them leave for a forever home. There was Napoleon - a brown tiger cat that stayed with us so long we finally moved his crate into our tiny office to be near a window -and he would spend hours on my lap while I made follow up calls - boy did I miss him when he was "suddenly" discovered by a loving family and adopted! There was Cary Grant - a gorgeous Siamese mix who stole my heart. Sam , a Chocolate Lab who could not find the right forever home - and came back to us for a 3rd time - then my brother and family adopted him - they have all lived happily ever after:) My Nikki - who we took in to foster 3 years ago - a Heartworm/ Lyme positive girl who had been abandoned at a campground - one look in those brown eyes and she was abandoned no more - and even more so - our family was complete once again...
So Richard & the Zootoo crew - this is what Second Chance has brought just to me - and there are countless more stories from the past that I wish you could hear... and there will be many more stories in the future as Second Chance goes on. With the help of a Million Dollar makeover more lives will be fulfilled, more paths will be completed, more love will be shown...
