A few minutes before our dog’s technical death, we knew he was gone. My husband nodded when I whispered “Look at his eyes. There’s nothing there.” The light in his eyes was gone. It was a wrenching moment of truth: no light, no life.
On the shelter’s website and this blog, we state that Aileen Peek has rescued well over 5,000 animals and found them new homes. While that’s an impressive and comforting number, I don’t think we feel the full impact of what saving those lives actually means:
- Many thousands of tails still wag or swish
- Many multitudes of damp, smooth noses still nuzzle
- 5,000 pairs of ears can still perk up in anticipation when a beloved human comes home
- Hundreds upon many hundreds still get as big of a kick out of today’s walk as they did yesterday’s
- A huge number of sensitive, trusting beings know comfort and security, instead of nothing at all
- Scores of otherwise lonely people have a true companion
- Hundreds of children grow up with a best friend
- Thousands of weary workers have a true bright spot at the end of their long day
- Untold numbers of people experience unconditional love, and
- The light still shines in 10,000 eyes
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It’s why Aileen does what she does.
Colorado Springs Pet Adoptions every Saturday from 11 to 5 at the PetSmart across from Chapel Hills Mall – 7680 N. Academy Blvd.
Please visit the San Luis Valley Animal Welfare Society’s website, where you can find out more about the organization and see their partial list of adoptable pets.
Please remember to spay and neuter; there aren’t enough homes for them all.
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