“I am only one, but still I am one.
I cannot do everything,
But still I can do something;
And because I cannot do everything,
I will not refuse to do
The something that I can do.”
Edward Everett Hale
A bitterly frigid January day
A phone call about another stray
“This one is living out on a golf course,
Do you think you can help her some way?”
And soon, I found myself out on that golf course
The wind chill this morning, horrifically below zero
I soon saw her at a great distance, searching for food
Then she saw me, and she quickly vanished in the snow
A kind man showed me where she was sleeping at night
In a small clump of trees, attempting to ward off the wind
“She is afraid of everyone; she must have been dumped here;
The poor thing is now starving and freezing; it’s a damned sin.”
So I set up and baited one of my dog traps in that clump of trees
And now, I waited in my truck, praying that she would soon return
Within a half hour she did, hungrily smelling the food trail I had left
And soon, she was in my trap, devouring the sustenance she yearned
When we reached the animal hospital, she did not want to leave my truck
On this bitterly cold day, its inside warmth to her must have been heavenly
I had to pick her up, and carry her inside, so she could receive medical help
This abandoned orphan, now in from the cold, that I decided to name ‘Jackie’
“The question is not ‘Can they reason?’
Nor ‘Can they talk?’ but rather,
‘Can they suffer?’”
Jeremy Bentham
©January 2013, Mr. Ed
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Blessings for "Jackie" .. beautiful Shepherd.
Lady Mary Ann
for His angel of mercy *Mr Ed*
Lady Vivian
May you have peace, blessings and the love of Christ for all you do.
John Michael
After a couple of hours we found no game to shoot and returned back to the warmth of the farmhouse. We were very upset when we saw that Tippy's feet were bleeding. But he made it back okay without serious injury because he didn't limp.
Ron
Cheers,
Dan
Again it never ceases to amaze me the unkindness of mankind...
If they must rid themselves of their unwanted angel why oh why
can't they at least take them to a shelter! This always mystifies me...
Wonderful picture you have drawn of the sequence of events...
Love and Light
Lily
budd