For GP, Hart, and Whitney
Sometimes we only have to participate in a small way to make a big change.
One of us, plus one of us, plus another one and we make a difference.
For all of our animals and all of our animal lovers . . .
Hart is looking for stories of how people saved animals. It happens all of the time. Save an animal. Save a life.
Whitney saves animals every day.
GP brings us the wisdom of two particular sages and role models both of whom are “interested and interesting.”
Animals help us live longer, know ourselves better, and appreciate things other than buildings and paper. When we understand that, we somehow expand as human beings. People around us notice.
We don’t have to stop a highway. We only need to appreciate our relationship with all creatures. The planet would be a lonely place, if we were left with only each other.
We can change the world — just like that.
–ME “Liz” Strauss
Oh, Liz, I have to tell you about the first time I saved an animal! It was a tiny kitten and I was 7 or 8. I found it on my way from school and hid it under my blouse, then headed home. My mom and I were living in a flat and I went and hid in my room. My mom was actually quite surprised I did not want to go outside and play.
She got even more surprised in the evening. She saw me in the bathroom and my whole chest had scratches on it. Of course, I did not say one word about the cause.
The kitten finally told on me 😀 He got hungry while I was sleeping and started making quite a huge noise and my mom came inside before I could shut him up 😛
He was finally taken to some family friends who had a house with a huge garden. My mom still cannot believe that I said nothing while that kitten was scratching me during our everyday conversation on how school was etc.
Alina!
That’s such a cool story. It’s all about what it’s like to be a kid. Wow!
Thank you for telling it. I’m smiling at the picture in my head. 🙂
When I bought my first house and renovated it, (it was a dumpy little house) I woke up one night from meeoewing so loud it drove me bananas! Then, I went to the washroom in the middle of night and it was like night and day. It turned out a little kitten crawled under the house, into the crawlspace and managed to climb upwards behind the shower wall that I just rebuild earlier that week inbetween the 2×4’s. I had to punch out that wall to get that kitten out. I named her “Allie” (allie-cat) and she was a good cat.
Liz .. THANK-YOU for the shout-out! And, if I can correct the URL .. it’s a long one (sorry) http://www.petlvr.com/blog/2007/09/9272007-blogging-for-a-cause-looking-for-amazing-stories-how-you-saved-one-animals-life/ .. Also, Whitney’s URL is http://guineapigconnection.typepad.com/pig_notes/ (another favorite in my bloglines)
Anyway .. have a good week! See everybody tomorrow nite .. ~waves
Thanks Hart!
That story is a love at first sight story if I ever heard one. 🙂
I’m up to fix those links. Darn.
wow i am honoured… the girls will be too 🙂
Thanx
gp in montana
Aw shucks, GP, you know you bring wisome here. 🙂