I hopez you had a great
Monday !!!! It was good here on the
ranch. A new guy, Rick, joined my
hooman team today !!!
We’z still lookin for a few
good hoomans. Hoomans who don’t know
where the animal world ends and the hooman world begins.
people who can understand us
and love us ...... and do all the hard
that is needed to keep us sanitized for our protection
and Feed Us .....
I know the feeling, dude ...
I know the feeling ......
Finally ..... a tractor
trailer of Fancy Feast arrived today .... I've been eating and eating ....
don't think mom will be trying to rule this roost anytime soon !!!!!!
Opie resting on mom after
dinner!
I'm planning a sailing trip
with GGP ......
Ah ha ... a mount of my very
own .... no more nagging the goats to take me to town and the all you can eat
sushi bar !!!!
Hey !!!! It's MONDAY ... We can have some fun .... can't we !!!!
Absolutely mom's idea !!!!!
And a Piggy Bar-B-Que is roasting corn and other goodies for them !!!!
And a Piggy Bar-B-Que is roasting corn and other goodies for them !!!!
Love,
Opie
PS: Why do we bring you fun and laughter and
good times? Cuz we’ve already had all
the hard times and the drying and the pain we can stand. Being in rescue isn’t easy. You know that. It doesn’t matter if you’re the rescued or the rescuer. You’ve shed a lot of tears. You’ve seen a lot of sadness.
Our rescued come to us sad,
hurt, in pain, both physical and emotional.
I could take picture of their sad little faces. Pictures of them peeking out at us in
terror. Snap photos of them when we
didn’t know if they’d live or die.
Those kind of pictures that make great “befores” in the before and after
albums.
I find no dignity in
that. In exploiting their pain and
their suffering.
Nor is that how they want
you to know them. They have overcome
horrible obstacles, they have suffered from neglect, some have deliberately
been harmed. They have cried. They have been ripped away from the ones
they love with no chance of ever seeing them again. They have been hurt, alone, unloved, depressed.
They are not victims. They are heroes. They have overcome their pasts and they are now happy at their
real live forever home .... Rikki’s Refuge.
They’ve formed bonds, they have families, they belong, they are
loved.
They have friends of many
species. They have love and
comfort. They have respect as the
individuals they are.
They want to be know as
happy fun loving guys and gals. They
have forgotten the bad times, they live for the good times.
Our Rescuers have seen it
all. They work hard long hours to make
lives better. They see horrible
things. They see the sadness and the loneliness
and the despair in the world. They help
the rescued to learn to love again.
They do their best to help them heal.
Sometimes they can’t, sometimes the damage has been just too much. Our rescuers cry. A lot. But then they must
smile, they must go on to make the lives of others happy and carefree. No one is carefree without somebody backing
them all the way, somebody who loves, who cares, who is there.
Our rescuers can look at
every animal and remember the poor sad soul that arrived on the doorstep
..... and they can smile at the happy
carefree critter they are today.
We all need more happiness
in the world. We need to smile. We need to face the bad times and be able to
go on. We need to let the unhappiness
go, and keep the happiness.
And that is why we bring
Good Morning Good News .... good news about the animal world and especially
about the residents of Rikki’s Refuge.
