My Instead: I tried to help a stranger find her dog.
Will wonders never cease!
I was running AHEAD of schedule (not behind) getting to my next job of the day in Mascoutah. As I
pulled up to the stop sign, I noticed a woman posting a flyer on the light pole. My
first thought was that she was having a yard sale! Then I looked a little
closer at the flyer and realized that she had lost an animal.
Not thinking much of it,
I rolled through the intersection. Then it clicked! I immediately navigated the
first turn I could to make my way back to her. As I got out of my car, I noticed
her walking with a mission to the other side of the street to post the flyer on
another pole for drivers to see going in the opposite direction. I yelled to
her asking what she had lost. Thinking that I had spotted her missing dog, she came
over to me excited. Unfortunately, that was not the case. A little disappointed,
she graciously answered my interrogation about her lost Maltipoo, Bella. I
assured her that I just wanted to join the quest to find her pet. I asked to
take a photo of the flyer so that I would have her information right at hand if I did find
the little rascal.
We parted ways and I
began my search, slowly driving on all the back streets looking for this
5-pound ball of fur. I was on a mission! Thinking she was just a wad of paper or a plastic bag, would I even notice it was Bella even if I saw her,? I asked a few people I found walking their dogs if they
had seen a little white dog…no avail. Foreign as it was
for me to be concerned about someone’s dog, I pursued my assignment with a
passion, hoping to find Bella and take her back home. I wanted to see and feel the
joy that it would bring to the owner and to me! My time ran out and I had to give up. Disappointed.
Fortunately, this story has a happy ending. Little Bella was found 39 hours later, miles
away from home, with the help of Facebook friends. The dog's owner Cassy told me that she was so grateful that there are good people
out there...always a nice reminder.
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