Teresa, I'd be gutted too if you didn't post. The thing that I love about Paws Inn is that we hear about what goes on first hand, we see the results and we share your joy when things go to plan. Just as importantly, we share your sorrow when things don't go to plan. And, I hope, that at times we can help keep things going or on an even keel.
The funny thing is, when you wonder whether people get bored, the answer is a resounding: NO! I was at Jollyes today buying mega quantities of bird seed, when I saw two small cats at the entrance, one with a seemingly poorly paw. Immediately (well - okay - after giving it a little stroke, a chat and an ear-rub
) I went to one of the assistants to ask if she'd seen the cats.
She told me she had, and that they come twice a day to be fed (even on Christmas Day when the Manageress comes down specially to give them their food). I asked about the paw injury, and she told me that it had been like that as long as the cats had been coming. The two always stay together apparently, but the one without the poorly paw was very nervous, and would run off if approached. Well, it worried me, all the way home, and I found myself thinking "what would Teresa do....?" In fairness the cats looked well cared for, flea free and healthy, but still I worry, and the first name on my mind was yours.
I shall be keeping an eye on these two little characters (the shop is located on an industrial estate with no discernable properties nearby to which these two could belong, but they looked too well fed to be out and out strays living rough.
You do such an a amazing job Aunty T, and inspire many of us to do better.
