Butterfly Rewards - earn free credits and redeem for good causes - learn more!

10

10 log in or sign up to start earning Butterfly Credits today!
learn more »
earn credits for web search

community & fun

people

12 million members making a difference

	Simple URL: http://my.care2.com/wildlyfewarrior
Lisa P.

powered by Care2.com • Care2 Home • E-cards & Fun • Shopping • Healthy Living • News Network • Petitions • Click to Donate

	Add as friend
	Introduce yourself
	Invite to group
	Send green star

Fletcher, NC, USA
female
married, 2 children
Speaks: English
Joined Sep 21, 2006

more about Lisa P. »

For My Dear Friends

Hello my dear friends, and Happy New Year. I wanted to somehow reach out to you and at least send you a message to let you know that I'm still here, although not at my computer much. The holidays have been terribly difficult having lost Kaylahr, and I just haven't had it in me to do mail. It's been that way for awhile. I can't believe I have over ten thousand messages that are unread sitting on this computer. It's probably closer to fifteen thousand. But I wanted you to know that I think of all of you often, and carry your friendships in my heart. Life will return to normal sooner or later, and maybe, just maybe, I'll get organized enough to juggle life and computer time like I used to. Thank you all for the wonderful Christmas and New Year wishes. I know 2007 will be a better year! My very best wishes to all of you for health, happiness, love, dreams that come true, friends that are true and dear, and above all, faith in God that will keep us going through whatever life brings our way, so that one day we will all be together where no animals will ever suffer or die again. We will be reunited with the fur babies we have lost and that are waiting for us now. Not meaning to sound morbid, not at all! There's just so much pain and suffering for animals in this world, and there is only one way that will come to an end. Over Christmas we had a sweet cat that someone dumped off at our house, she was practically starved, full of fleas, worms, mites, and so many burs that her skin was full of owies. I was afraid of her making my cats sick, as she also had such terrible diarhea that when she walked it would squirt out. Well, I kept her separated from them and did what I could for her. I didn't have the money to take her to the vet, and the "shelter" around here would have put her down in that condition. So I wormed her, got rid of her fleas, got rid of her mites, and after proper worming (I used the medicine I buy from the vet for my own cats) her diarhea cleared up. So I was able to clean her up. Then she slowly allowed me to get the matted burs out of her. Before they were stuck down to her and covered with solid poop. I was awful. Poor baby. She was so sweet and friendly too. She was a beautiful long haired orange and white tabby. I wish we could have kept her but my two cats didn't like her. Anyway, I had her long enough to get her skin healed up, give her a second dose of wormer, get rid of the mites, fleas, and have her looking absolutely beautiful. She had gained weight, and I was becoming too attached to her. Randy was telling me she HAD to go. He was right. I couldn't affort to vaccinate her and had no clue if she had ever been vaccinated. So I called our local shelter, told the guy how she was when I had found her, how she was now, and would he take her and if so, what would happen. He said that he would take her, and that she would not be euthenized. He said that if he wasn't able to adopt her out in two weeks, that she would go to Willmar to their vo-tech where they teach vet tech's to properly hold the animals, etc. Then she would go to the vet clinic, get all of her vaccinations, get spayed, and be adopted out through the humane society. I know the vet clinic over there, and the humane society, as I used to volunteer there, so I was okay with that. It was a lot better life that I could give her. So I gave Ken the rest of the wormer and $20.00, the cat food she'd been eating, and told him to please make sure she got lots of attention. That is the last I saw of her. My girls were really upset that she had to go and didn't understand why we couldn't keep her. They didn't understand why she wasn't "our" cat.
Then on December 29th, we were going to my mother in law's for the day. Randy said we had a huge raccoon sitting right at the bottom of our front steps. I thought "oh no, here we go again". Sure enough, I went out and looked at her and she had distemper. The raccoons around our place seem to get that a lot. They always end up coming up to our house too. But this one was special to me. She was the Mommy that would come up to our porch every spring and summer and eat with our cats, and let me take picture of her. She was so tame. The first year she would run off the deck. But the second year she got to where she wouldn't run off, and finally she would just stand up on the table and look at me when I came out with me camera and I could talk to her and get really close to her. Each spring she would have a new litter of babies and they would sneak up to the house in the evening and climb up all over the deck, and up the tree right outside our picture window that was plumb full of bird feeders. They sure would make a mess of things but what a riot to watch to tiny little faces and paws out there. I count between 9 and 12 each year so I don't know as that they are all hers. I didn't think coons had that many babies, but I really don't know. That many aren't always with her every night either. So it was so hard when I had to call animal control to come and take her. She was soooo sick. I knew there was nothing I could do for her. She just looked at me with that half-vacant stare, and stumbled around the few times that she did try to walk. She didn't have any injuries. She was just that out of it from the distemper. I'm sure of it. I just sat and cried after they took her away. After they put her in the carrier she looked at me and put her paw up on the side of the cage. I know it was dump because I could have gotten bit of caught who knows what but I put my hand up there, flat against her paw and I told her I was sorry she was sick and that I couldn't help her. I told her I'd miss her. She just held her paw up there and made no move to bite at me or anything. The two gals that came out to get her looked at me like I was nuts. I think they were too shocked to tell me I shouldn't be doing that. Then I told her good-bye with tears in my eyes and walked away. Before I had seen her put her paw up I had told the two gals about how she would come up to the deck and my story about her. But I'm they never saw anyone say good-bye or cry over a sick, wild raccoon before. Not in this little town where hardly anyone seems to care, especially about "some rodent" as people around here call them. So that "novel" is why I made the comment I did on us all winding up in heaven some day where the animals will no longer suffer. I do get off on a tangent now and then don't I? Well, I simply HAD to make up for being gone for so long. LOL Doubt anyone is still with me at this point, but if you are, you really ARE an amazing friend to put up with reading all of this nonsense, lol.
Okay, enough of this babbling! Back to why I started writing!!!! My very best wishes to all of you, missing you bunches and bunches. Take care, and I hope to be able to pop back in again soon.
Lots of Love,
Lisa

Personal		Professional		Contact		Singles

Joined	Sep 21, 2006
1° Network	Care2	Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Here for	Meeting Friends, Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	Expression Through Images, Half Full - Half Empty, Our Furbabies, The Photographer's Lounge, Wild Spirit Wolf Sanctuary

Hometown
Homepage	http://http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/C rystalHeart_Designs_LettersOnly/
Birthday	June 02
Languages	English
About Me
	Introduce yourself to Lisa
Lifestyle
Pets	dogs, cats, parrots, hoping for more!!!!
Activist Aspirations	Enthusiastic
Political Leaning
Religions	Christian - Other
Eating Habits
Wild Fact About Me
My Philosophy
What Gives Me Hope	God
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by	Get rid of Obama and any of the other idiots in the government that are trying to ruin our country and take away our freedom!
What/who changed my life and why	Wow. I could write a novel here. So I'll just keep it at my Grandma. If you get to know me well, you'll learn the rest if you want to know it.
What Bugs Me
Passions
Inspirations
What Scares Me
Favorites
Role Models	Steve and Terri Irwin
Quotation
Interests	pets, Wildlife, Archaeology, Aromatherapy, Photography, Landscaping, Meditation, Mind/Body/Spirit, National Parks, Oceanography, Environment, Safaris, Extra-Terrestrials, Space Exploration, Holistic Health, Homeopathy
Books	Scary with a great story!, Anything by Stephen King or Dean Koontz
Music	Nothing new that's for sure, lol. Give me the good old rock and roll, country from the late 80's to mid 90's. , etc
Movies	Have to think on that one
TV Shows	Glenn Beck, Scifi Channel, Discovery Channel, Animal Planet, anything Star Trek
Favorite Foods
Favorite Places	Anywhere wildlife abounds, Galapagos Islands, New Zealand, the ocean, the mountains, Ireland, Australia
Can't Live Without	God, Family - 2 and 4 legged, Friends
	Introduce yourself to Lisa

Friends of Lisa

Anil S.

Paul D.

Nikki B.

Erin G.

Angel W.

View all: 13 friends

My Butterfly Rewards

I’ve earned 130 Butterfly Credits

learn more about Butterfly Rewards »

Kudos

	1 New Green Star, 87 Total	Send green star »

Erin G. (200)

Testimonial on Sep 26, 2006
Wow! What can I say about Lisa? If you want to have someone in your life with the heart & courage of a lion this is the gal to know! She is strong, loving, & cares greatly for the well being of others & nature; a loyal friend, I am privileged to know.

Write Testimonial | View all 1 »

Comment Board

Viewing 20 of 27: view all | add a comment »

May 26, 2009 9:37 AM
Paul D. (48)	I wish you love, joy and doggy licks.
Jun 3, 2008 12:27 AM
Annie S. (9)	HAPPY BIRTHDAY LISA!!! Annie the babysitter©spurgeon
Jun 1, 2008 10:53 PM
Paul D. (48)	My dear friend, Lisa, I wish you a very happy birthday filled with love, goodness, light, and doggie licks
Dec 23, 2007 1:41 AM
Annie S. (9)
Dec 22, 2007 6:39 AM
Linda M. (64)
Oct 30, 2007 10:50 PM
Annie S. (9)	HAPPY HALLOWEEN LISA! take pictures! ANNIE part of a painting by annie spurgeon
Oct 30, 2007 10:50 AM
Linda M. (64)
Sep 13, 2007 7:38 AM
Larry M. (1994)
Aug 5, 2007 9:00 PM
Larry M. (1994)
Jul 3, 2007 6:55 PM
Linda M. (64)
Jun 3, 2007 12:41 AM
Annie S. (9)	blue dolphins © spurgeon Here are your birthday dolphins Lisa! Annie
Jun 3, 2007 12:36 AM
Annie S. (9)	HAVE A WONDERFUL BIRTHDAY! My picture won't go on, I'll try again.... It's dolphins!
Jun 2, 2007 3:21 PM
Paul D. (48)	Happy birthday and many blessings, Lisa! -Paul
Jun 2, 2007 8:07 AM
Erin G. (200)	Dearest Lisa - I hope today is filled with plenty of love and happiness. I also hope that the year ahead will be much of the same! Love you!
Jun 2, 2007 6:40 AM
Linda M. (64)	Have a wonderful day. Hugs, Linda M.
May 5, 2007 5:58 PM
Annie S. (9)	HAPPY CINCO DE MAYO!
Feb 14, 2007 9:02 AM
Larry M. (1994)
Feb 9, 2007 5:23 AM
Larry M. (1994)
Dec 24, 2006 11:28 AM
Anil S. (42)	WISH YOU A VERY VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR...
Dec 23, 2006 3:57 AM
Annie S. (9)	PEACE & LIGHT Happy Holidays Lisa

more comments | add a comment »

Flag as Inappropriate