Sunday, July 15, 2007

It's Hard To Say Goodbye

We have been trying to find new homes for our cats since before Anna was born. They have been GREAT pets, but we knew they would get into everything of hers, which they have. We had called about every organization that exists:
SPCA, Feral Cat Assistance Program, Happy Hills Animal Foundation, Animal Rescue & Foster, Cat Clinic of Greensboro, Lawndale Vet, Cobb Vet, University Animal Hospital, Snowflakes Animal Rescue, Willow Run, CARE for Animals, Chatham Animal Rescue, Feral Cat Friends, SAFE Haven for Cats, Second Chance, Friends Forever, Best Friend, Project Smiley, All Pets Considered, Petsmart, Petland, Freecycle, Craigslist, Greensboro News & Record. Not to mention Sharon (Amy's mom) asking people at Food Lion, Harris Teeter, & Starbucks. We weren't sure we would ever find a home for them. Finally we were able to get each of them a new home this past weekend. We had received several calls from the advertisement placed in the newspaper and we called them all back when we returned home from the lake. Only one of the families interested actually came over and immediately fell in love with Tucker. They wanted to take him then and there, but we wanted to be able to say our goodbye's, so I took him over later that afternoon. That same day Katharine (an old Young Life friend of Amy's), who lives in Charleston, called wanting Tyson. She is only off on Sun & Mon so we arranged to have Dionne (another one of Amy's Young Life girls) drive him down on Monday to Charlotte to meet up and make the exchange. We were very sad about them departing and have shed a few tears. We have not received a phone call from the family wanting to send Tucker back. However, Katharine had to quickly find a temporary home for Tyson when her roomate threatened to kick her out. It has been a bit crazy, but we know that they will have good homes.

1 comment:

millie smith said...

i KNOW that had to be really hard to see them go, but i'm so thankful that this prayer has been answered!