Hola Amigos,
Every puppy/dog coming
through the doors of Amigos de Los Animales gets the kind of care Mary would
have loved to see baby Jesus get at the inn. A gentle hand, a full belly, a
place to sleep, and all the medical attention required.
Adri’s days start at 5 am
to let the dogs out. If she’s not
working at her job as a musician, she gets into bed around ten. That’s
reasonable enough, but then she’s up throughout the night on the computer, as
she thinks about getting this dog to a good home here or in the states, or
someplace else. She agonizes about how to help the tourist, who found a
starving dog and wants to find someone to be responsible for it. I've seen Adri
offer to pay for dogs’ care on days I know she had nothing in the fridge to eat
herself.
On days when she should be
buying groceries for herself, she comes home with liver, yogurt, Karo Syrup,
goats’ milk to make puppy formula to feed the sickly puppies dropped off in the
morning. She looks like she could bawl her eyes out, not for her self
deprivation but for the puppies she’s afraid she can’t save. Adri is not like
us. We give what we can spare. She gives all she has.
Adri stays focused on her
message about the dogs. Adri is always about the animals. She says it’s not
about the people it’s about the dogs. She gives me a stern look when I say it’s
about the people too.
Adri is paying shelter
bills out of her own pocket to the point that she doesn’t have her hard earned
money to pay her personal bills. She’s not the type to tell you that. Adri’s
loving care extends beyond the animals. She took me and my critters in when my
husband, Kirt, was having his leg amputated. And she says it’s not about the
people…
I saw the hard choices
she’s made in favor of the dogs because I was there. She delights in new kennels donated for the
dogs while the home of Amigos de Los Animales, her home is beyond normal
maintenance. She needs help. Big help,
now.
I’ve lived in or around
Chicago most of my adult life, Chicagoans are a cynical lot, we don’t admire
much. If you’ve read my blogs, you know
I admire this woman enormously, which is why I support her shelter when I live
in Quebradillas. Close to home she’s not for me, but I believe in her.
We are amigos de los
animals because we love animals, we are
the amigos. Please, give to Amigos de Los Animales because the animals and our
amiga need help.
Muchas gracias,
Patricia Carr
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