2011 brought new hopes and new dreams for the BuckHawk Center. It brought hopes of wonderful things to come, but it also brought my New Year’s Resolution. I can say that it’s hard to be an animal rescuer. But, not because of seeing such terribly abused and neglected dogs. The hard part is not the patience to re-train a dog to make a good pet. And it’s not saying goodbye when an animal gets adopted. It’s begging for more funds.
Begging is especially hard for me. But, I resolved with this new year that I had to do it. The animals deserved it. With more funds could come growth, which means more animals can be saved. So it was time to beg.
I wrote a page about my new year’s resolution and I spent two weeks debating with myself, re-reading it, being embarrassed at sounding so desperate. Finally, I knew I had to do it. So I put it out there for my Squidoo community to see: My New Year’s Resolution: To Beg More.
The response was wonderful. The community, who never really knew about our little center, came together to help. I cried many tears of joy in those days. And still do at the outpouring of love that came. Still, begging is hard to do for me, but is increasingly becoming not the embarrassing thing that it always had been.
Exciting new things will be happening for us, most especially being able to pay down that huge vet bill we seem to always have. You may not think that is exciting, but for me it is very exciting! So much so, that an animal rescue friend sent me a very funny email: You know when you’ve been in animal rescue too long when…
Being the good Squidoo-er that I am, I also did a humorous look at what that means to me! Signs of Animal Rescue become a chance to laugh at myself and enjoy some fun at this crazy world, including the support our vet gets from us!
So take some time if you can and read about the BuckHawk Center and some of our toughest (and most expensive rescues) then enjoy the fun how silly one can be.
My New Year’s Resolution: To Beg More
Until next time ~ Susan
