What Made You Cry Today?

[dark_crystal]

Originally Posted by dark_crystal

I brought a photo of Brittney Griner and her wife to my altar and taped it up where my Santa could see her. I got through the first part of the prayer and then just had to wave my hands toward the photo, I could not finish. I am so devastated for Brittney and Cherelle.

Not getting any better

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I saw a TikTok of a dog who lives his whole life on a chain in the yard. The neighbor, who was recording the TikTok, said he's reported it to the police, but they don't do anything. He also said he stole a dog from them once that was in the same situation, and they just got another dog.

Those people deserve to be put on a chain in the yard, naked, surrounded by people who don't speak their language, fed and watered at someone else's whim, and completely exposed to the elements.

It makes me so sad to see how many of the animals in this world are mistreated. I try to get them out of my TikTok queue, but sometimes one sneaks up on me.

I have my one new rescue dog and she's all I can handle for right now. I have spent a small fortune taking care of all the health problems she came to me from the shelter with. And we're still getting to know each other. I have to face the fact that I can't save them all, but I can save at least one.

[Soft*Silver]

I’m very active in my city’s politics, especially when it comes to animal abuse. I helped pass a new chain law in our city! No dogs are allowed to be chained outside for longer than one hour! And we strictly enforce it

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

I saw a TikTok of a dog who lives his whole life on a chain in the yard. The neighbor, who was recording the TikTok, said he's reported it to the police, but they don't do anything. :

[nina03]

Originally Posted by GeorgiaMa'am

I saw a TikTok of a dog who lives his whole life on a chain in the yard. The neighbor, who was recording the TikTok, said he's reported it to the police, but they don't do anything. He also said he stole a dog from them once that was in the same situation, and they just got another dog.

Those people deserve to be put on a chain in the yard, naked, surrounded by people who don't speak their language, fed and watered at someone else's whim, and completely exposed to the elements.

It makes me so sad to see how many of the animals in this world are mistreated. I try to get them out of my TikTok queue, but sometimes one sneaks up on me.

I have my one new rescue dog and she's all I can handle for right now. I have spent a small fortune taking care of all the health problems she came to me from the shelter with. And we're still getting to know each other. I have to face the fact that I can't save them all, but I can save at least one.

This is a hard one for me, too. All of the animals I've ever shared life with were rescues. There are so many who need warm, loving homes.
My newest rescue is Sage. She looks like a pitbull-rottweiler mix. She was found running wild in an apple orchard in Yakima, WA. They had to live trap her, because she was so afraid of humans she wouldn't approach anyone. She was badly injured, and we think she may have been hit by a car. She was terrified of people. She was pretty young, maybe 10 or 11 months, but had clearly already had puppies.

We got her last March. Since then, she had her injuries treated, including a surgical repair on her left rear knee. She has been spayed. We take her to training classes. She is like a different dog. She is affectionate, playful, funny, and so very smart. She has gained weight, so she is no longer skin and bones. Her fur has gotten softer and fluffier. She plays a lot with our other two dogs, and she is so snuggly with dogs and humans alike.

Someone clearly abused her before we got her, but her life is better now. I can't save all of them, but I saved her, and I hope that people see what can be done with a dog like her that not very many people might take on, and think about doing the same with another dog who needs help. Adopting Sage was one of the best decisions I ever made.




Also, for thread compliance, and totally off the subject of my sweetheart doggie, the thing that made me cry today was finding a comment in my facebook memories from a friend who died this past June. It sort of hit me all over again that she is really gone, and I won't get to hug her again. Her death was very unexpected, and I have not fully integrated it yet. The grief about it comes in waves, sometimes when I least expect it. She died as a result of domestic violence, and I now know three women who died pretty much the same way. It's heartbreaking and infuriating all at once.

[kittygrrl]

O no Christine McVie has passed away

[Gayandgray]

Getting the news that the Grandkids’s “other Grandmother “ died. It’s been awhile since my spouse and I saw her but we talked on the phone. You just never know when your time is up…………

[GeorgiaMa'am]

The boi is in the hospital with a stent in his kidney and kidney stones, but that's not the most worrisome problem. They saw a spot on his lung on the x-ray, and it's one that was there the last time he was in the hospital. It has grown. It might be leftover pneumonia from the last time he was in the hospital, or it might be cancer. They are doing a biopsy tomorrow if they can get a surgical team together on a Saturday or on Monday if they can't. The healthcare system is so f'ed up, and he really needs everyone on their best game right now. I don't know what to do, so I had a big boo-hoo this afternoon.

[nhplowboi]

Well not quite cried but made me hella sad. I looked out the kitchen window this afternoon to see my "Red" start to get carted off by a hawk. She is a Rhode Island Red that has been here for a couple of years. As I was watching, the hawk dropped her and I went running out to tell her to lay still so it wouldn't come back. Too late. Good old nature.....she had already been disemboweled and was already deader than a doornail. The other 4 hens were in the barn tonight but I will miss my Red and as Dee has said.."If you have livestock you will have deadstock.".

[Blade]

Had an I want my Daddy moment today for a few hours. I missed him when he was still alive but he wasn't always present mentally. Now that he is gone when I miss him I really struggle. 😢

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I just became overwhelmed today by everything - three deaths this past year, chronic kidney disease, constant pain. I had a little cry, not a big boo-hoo.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

Puppies. I thought I left this behind when I went into menopause.

[Blade]

My power made me cry today. OMG!

[Kenna]

Memories of my dearest friend.

[Kätzchen]

Learning that a dear friend’s dad was just diagnosed with Lymphoma and that the tumor in his pelvis needs emergency radiation treatment. Their dad is very elderly (late 80s), so I’ve been very teary 🥹.

[Kenna]

Thinking about a gentle soul and dear friend we recently lost to cancer. His fight was 8 long years.
This makes my second friend since November. Too much.

[GeorgiaMa'am]

I cried today but the event happened yesterday.

There was a small pregnant dog in the street, and traffic was busy. I pulled over into the oncoming lane so that traffic had to stop and let her get across. Then I pulled into a parking lot and tried to get her to come to me. The boy got out of the car and tried to catch her. But she wasn't having anything to do with us. We gently pursued her across the entire parking lot of a strip mall, and then she disappeared through a fence.

I hope she had a home to go to. She was wearing a collar. But what if she was planning to have her puppies somewhere behind the strip mall? Poor little thing. It made me cry. And then last night, I dreamed about saving lost puppies in a mall parking lot. So I woke up and cried again.

Me and puppies. It's always the puppies. (I can't watch those Humane Society commercials either.)