Hello there animal lovers. I want to share a story tonight about Patrick, our new dog. I guess we can extrapolate this scenario to many situations of this kind. Extrapolate is a word I use to sound really smart even though it was used correctly for this story. As I told you, Vanessa and I waked into a pet store recently and took notice of a dog that was not selling. In fact the dog kept getting marked down. We decided to take him out of the cage and play with him. He was eleven months old and probably had been in the cage since he was 3 months. He was a very sweet boy with a lot of love to give, we immediately took to him. Within one hour, we took the dog home with us and he became part of our family. As you all know, we then named him Patrick, after the late Patrick Swayze. So where am I going with this story ? I will tell you. We have had him about 8 days now; he is so happy that it’s magical to watch. It brings Vanessa and I such joy to have him here, and truly showed again, that life literally, comes down to inches and minutes.

There are times I can look into Patrick’s eyes and see two things, 1) how elated he is with his new life. 2) His eyes sometimes show me that he wonders if this will last and if it’s permanent. That’s when we give him love and encouragement, very soon we won’t see that concern in his eyes, and he will know he’s with us forever.

I may not have expressed this perfectly, but, if you ever want to feel enrichment in your life, this is the express lane on how to feel that. Instilling a defenseless animal with confidence fueled by your attention and protection, to Sammy & Family is the most God like act you can participate in.

Please remember, small tweaks in our lives, can make substantial differences in an animal’s life, including life or death. None of our appetites are important enough to inflict such horror on these God like innocent angels. Please, make that change. Let Pigs and Cows be, they are sweet just like our family pets. Of course all animals are included when I say that.

No lives will go in vain, no pain will go unnoticed.

Amen. Love Sammy & Family.