Month: March 2013

A promise made; a promise kept

“If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.” ~ Will Rogers

The most important installation in the progress of the Homeward Bound Memorial Garden was finally completed this week. It shamed me a little that this one took so long, but it’s timing is perhaps fitting – as this year, the garden will burst forth in spring celebrating all the hard work of our first season’s plantings.

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Our Memorial Path is where families remember their beloved pups with a commemorative brick. The bricks are laid in a sand base, so we can easily replace blank ones with new dedications,

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until someday, every brick relays a special message to our pups over the rainbow bridge.

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Thanks to Joe Porto and his crew of Top Line Masonry for their beautiful work.

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It brings both tears and joy to walk, read, and remember. This one in particular – as it is dedicated to Chelsea, the Golden Retriever who inspired all that Homeward Bound has become.

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A lasting tribute, soon surrounded by all the blessings of spring.

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It was the perfect time after all.

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This is an update to my Worth Waiting For post – about a blind golden retriever named Bogey, who was adopted by two retired eye doctors on Valentine’s Day – after three years in Sanctuary at Homeward Bound.

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The morning with spent with CBS13 local news reporter, Cambi Brown and crew, interviewing Bogey’s adoptive family, Homeward Bound’s president, Jody Jones – and Bogey, of course!

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Word spread quickly of his brief return, resulting in an extra-large turnout of volunteers today. Now we know how to incentivize them!

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While all the other dogs reaped the benefits of so many helpers on hand, Bogey was definitely the center of attention.

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Special thanks to our friends at CBS13 for their interest in our Bogey boy and for helping to spread the word about the value of adopting adult and special needs dogs.

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But our greatest thanks are reserved for David and Anita, who gave our golden boy a long-awaited loving home.

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Happy ending? “Every end is a new beginning.” ~ Proverb.

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Happy new beginning, Bogey boy!