~ Earl Nightingale~
The Loaves and Fishes Miracle Rescue: 27 Dogs Rescued from the Puppy Mills of Mo.
Monday Evening August 14, 2006
Gem of the Day: “The more intensely we feel
about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly
the idea, buried deep in our subconscious,
will direct us along the path to its fulfillment.”
~ Earl Nightingale~
The Loaves and Fishes Miracle Rescue: 27
Dogs Rescued from the Puppy Mills of Mo.
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If you missed our last newsletter, here it
is. http://www.smallpawsrescue.org/pup3/august1006.html
This is a little different kind of newsletter.
Something wonderful and rather miraculous
has happened and I believe it will benefit
Small Paws, one way or the other!
Maybe I better 'splain, Lucy.
One of our Small Paws volunteers from Florida,
Pam Lagano, at plagano@laganoassoc.com, did
something last spring that made me smile
a little at the time.
I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS THOUGHT A THING
IN THE WORLD WOULD EVER COME OF IT.
So imagine the shock I am in today as I sit
here typing to all of you. (AND YOU ARE GOING TO BE SHOCKED AND STUNNED
AS WELL WHEN YOU HEAR WHAT HAS HAPPENED.)
As most of you know, I drive a 1998 Red Volvo
T-5 Wagon, named "Glory", who knows
the way to every commercial kennel in Mo.
Yes, she has a personality. She also has
141,000 miles on her and she is becoming
increasingly expensive to keep healthy and
running.
I have to have a dependable car. I can't
be stranded out in God-only-knows-where with
a car full of rescued Bichons who have been
living in God-only-knows-what conditions,
in the heat, cold, and sometimes ice, that
we have here in Oklahoma, Mo., Ar., Ks.,
and Tx.
I love my little Volvo for several reasons.
One is how safe she makes me feel. She has
a steel cage around her, and in case of an
accident, she would protect our precious
cargo in the back from being smashed. This
gives me great peace of mind with each and
every rescue.
I trust me driving, but I don't trust some
of the other drivers out there, so I am happy
to have that steel cage around us all.
Well, Pam Lagano must have believed me when
I told you all to DREAM BIG.
She nominated me for the "Volvo for Life" award. This is a national award, and I was just
so honored to be nominated by Pam.
NEVER IN MY WILDEST DREAMS...(And you all
know I have had some wilddddd dreams!) would
I have thought that this would go anywhere.
I know that many wonderful and deserving
people were nominated for this prestigious
award, and Volvo had the tedious task of
choosing only five semi-finalists from each
state. This means that 250 people across
the country are now semi-finalists.
Your's Truly has, by some absolute miracle
of the Lord, made it as a semifinalist as
one of the top five nominations from the
great state of Oklahoma.
I learned today that I am one of the semi-finalists
nominees. After I picked myself up off of
the floor, I learned more.
This is the way they choose the winners,
(Yes, there are several awards and winners...click here for a list of the different awards
they give! I am reasonably sure I'm going to get a certificate,
and we will show it for the world to see
on the home page, but I digress...)
This is the way it works. They let everyone's
friends and families vote for them, online.
This goes on through FEBRUARY.
Then, after everyone has exhausted the patience
of everyone they have ever met or hope to
meet, the 18 top vote winners, are then sent to a list of judges like you
can't believe, including Paul Newman and
Caroline Kennedy and no I am not kidding.
The only way I could possibly stay in this
thing to that point, when there are so many
amazing and well deserving "nobel peace
prize type human beings", (See previous winners here...) is that...well...I don't know if any of
them happen to know 6000 people in 20 countries
on a first name basis.... :)
If I were to win the Volvo for Life, it would
be the official Small Paws Rescue vehicle.
Not only would we not have any more car repair
expenses, but everyone in the world would
then come to believe in miracles, because
we will have all witnessed one, first hand.
If I won either of the cash prizes, the $50,000.00
award or the $25,000.00 award, we would purchase
a Volvo for Small Paws with those funds!
This would still be on the line of miracle
of miracles happening and many people worldwide
would be converted as believers because how
else would we be able to explain that, I
ask you, now?.
If I won the Volvo for Life certificate,
which all of the rest of us 222 semi-finalists
who didn't get enough votes would get, we
can post it on our SPR home age and be proud
that Pam Lagano dreamed big!
I guess this is a big enough deal that I
would be interviewed by the local news folks
here, which may possibly garner some more
votes for the home town gal and for our magnificent
obsession.
Ok, now that you have picked yourselves up
off of the ground too, remembering that this
will hopefully help Small Paws, may I ask
you to please go and vote like there is no
tomorrow??? Glory is getting tired, and is
"now on her third set of tires",
she explained.
VOTE HERE
I'm hoping that any rescuer or animal lover,
who has ever been helped by anyone in Small
Paws, may also be able to take a moment to
go and vote.
I don't know for sure, but I might be the
only animal rescuer up for this award. I
haven't read all of the nominations, but
if you want to feel really intimidated, hey,
go read them!
I don't believe they have had many animal
rescuers nominated, and that's probably why
my name is still up there! HA!
Now you may have to wait a second as it may
take a second to load. Soon you will see
a map of the country. Scroll down under the
map and click on Oklahoma. You will see my
picture holding two small, little white furry
creatures, and the wonderful nomination made
by Pam. This is all very surreal to me, as
I am sure you can imagine.
It's sort of like reading your own obituary,
where everyone says wonderful things about
you, that you never knew about when you were
still alive and kickin'.
Now, people are telling me they have been
able to vote twice. I don't like that myself
as any one of the nominee's friends or family
could sit by the computer and vote over and
over again, but then again, they didn't ask
me to make the rules for this deal.
I have notified the Volvo for Life people
of this fact, and asked them if they intended
it to be this way or did they mean it to
be that each person is to have only one vote.
I haven't heard back yet.
Well, now you know the surprise that I got
today. WOW. This was a big one.
I love you guys and hope it is ok with you
if I close with a few pictures of Glory.
It's been a long, hot summer and she has
been such a good girl. I know it seems odd
for me to have a relationship with my car,
and no, my washer and dryer don't have names.
Only my car. She brings Glory to God with
each and every rescue of his precious creatures.
There isn't a breed that I can think of that
she hasn't transported, and she's never let
me down once. Not even maybe. All My Love,
Robin
Glory on a typical mill rescue.
Chihuahuas, Scotties, Westies and Bichons
came on home on this day from Stigler, Oklahoma.
For Those Broken of Heart From the Loss of
a Beloved Pet
Always remember.
No matter what you have done, or where you
have been, God loves you more than anyone
else ever has and more than anyone else ever
will.
Robin Pressnall
Executive Director
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