Giving A Helping Hand

It's no secret that I am an animal lover, right?

My dogs have the luxury of a family that adores them.

So do yours.

My heart breaks for two sweet dogs that have experienced great suffering at the hands of

a so called human being.

I want to tell you about Will and Grace and the amazing woman who saved them and 

has provided so much love and care for them.

They need our help...can we help them?
Kathi just celebrated their "Freedom Day" this week-
Will and Grace have been free for eight months.

These babies are being boarded until a forever home is found.
Kathi needs assistance with those costs, as well as food and other essentials.
She sells bracelets, keychains and other things to help cover costs.
So many kind and loving supporters have donated because they applaud the efforts
Kathi has made in order to save Willie and Gracie.
It's an incredible story- horrifying that there are people who have
no concern for the welfare of innocent animals- but so wonderful in that these two dogs
have been saved from a horrific life by a true hero.
She never gave up until they were safe.

I'll be having a fundraiser sale for Will and Grace
on Friday afternoon, Oct. 11.

The sale will include:

 Embroidered items for the home

Vintage linens

Donated items from Tina @ Belou492 Designs
and

 a few American Staffordshire Terrier themed items! 

That's their true breed name...if you've ever wondered what I mean when I call Bruce a Staffy, now you know!

There is such a negative vibe attached to the term pit bull-

it's so unfair to judge an entire breed.
The breed is beloved in families everywhere.
That includes my own family and friends 
who have adopted these loving animals.

I hope you'll come by and take a look.

 Please, please help if you can.

Thanks to Bethany Brower, Tina-Dorn Weaver

Danni Baird and Suzan Sweatman
who have so generously offered their help.

Bruce and The Shorties 

thank you on behalf of 

Will and Gracie.

All proceeds are going to help Will and Grace.
 Every penny.

I can't bring them home, even though I'd love to.
 I can help in this way.

 October is Pit Bull Awareness month. 

                                                                                                                                                       

If you'd like adoption info please visit their FB page or click 

the links below to see them on RescueMe.org

Saving Will and Grace FB Page

                         Will on RescueMe.Org                                           

   Grace on RescueMe.Org

If you'd like to make a donation for their boarding/care,

 please call directly to the Vet that is boarding them. 

The number is 806-745-2623

You can also make a paypal donation to 

savewillandgrace@gmail.com. 

I'll have some beautiful items posted here on the blog!

Sneak preview this evening. :)

“I cannot endure to waste anything so precious as autumnal sunshine by staying in the house.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne, The American Notebooks

Nate knew what he was talking about...

there should be no wasting of these days of autumn.

The summer heat has come to an end and the air feels fresher, lighter and 

without the weight that Texas summers bring.

While friends all over the northern parts of our country are saddened 

by the falling of the leaves and it's implication that cold and wintry days are fast approaching,

it is our happiest time here in the South.

It's our first opportunity to fling open the windows, refresh our homes 

and refresh our spirits after the long months of intense heat.

Time for enjoying the shade and the new colors of autumn.

We should follow the example of our fur babies and enjoy this time.

It's not the time to let panic grab you by the throat

with all the pressure to start shopping for the holidays and 

do, do, do

until you are no longer refreshed by the season...

but exhausted and depleted.

You will have missed this opportunity to slow down and 

be a part of the wonder that surrounds you.

Stop running and ask yourself what it is that you are running to.

When you reach the end of your time here on earth,

did you live?

Existing and living aren't the same thing.

Go outside and put your feet in the cool grass.

Look up at the sky.

Put your hands in the dirt.

Stop chasing the perfect number...the number that makes it enough.

Don't you realize that you are already there?

These last three photos were taken seven years ago.

If you've been reading my blog for any length of time, you'll know that this is 

my little friend next door, Rachael.

The child that influenced me so and changed me forever with her phrase

"nothing will happen."

These photos are from one of our play days.

I wouldn't trade them for anything.

I can't imagine my life without this day.

We took hundreds of pictures- each one capturing a time in her sweet life

when she hadn't become insecure or worried that she didn't look perfect.

She was just herself...

a happy, chattering, running, piano playing little bundle of joy.

(She also didn't appreciate an up close and personal Corgi kiss.

Virgil passed over the Rainbow Bridge not long after this, 

but he sure did get some smooches in before the end.)

Go play.  Today.  Just go play.

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