01/05/2025
You never know where your angels will pop up, and this one was at Target just about an hour ago:
Gilda here. We've had a pretty rough time these last couple of weeks due to Peggy Barnish's illness yet the kitties all still need us. While going through lots of Peggy's paperwork, I recently came across a Target gift card to our rescue by one of our wonderful donors that had a receipt attached that it was valued at $100. What a godsend since we are low in pet food right now. I went to Target to pick up a couple of bags of dry food and a case of canned, only to find out while breaking the card out of its cardboard sleeve that it was only for $30; apparently, the receipt attached was for a different card (honest mistake).
I didn't have the $70 balance to cover the cat food and had the cashier remove some of the food from the tab. A couple waiting behind me asked, "How many cats to you have?" and I explained that we are a rescue that help feral cat colonies. To which she said to the cashier: "Put that food she just removed and put it on my tab. I'm paying for it! We just had to put down our own feral cat yesterday."
I was so overwhelmed and fighting tears over this that I didn't even get their name but did leave them a business card I had with my info because she asked to be in touch. What an incredible kindness, and WHAT ARE THE ODDS?? We are beyond grateful for our anonymous angels.
We also lost one of our indoor ferals over the last weekend who had been chronically ill, and we're left with a hefty euthanasia bill we have to pay, so it's been a bittersweet week, to be sure. The picture is of Terry, who is over the Rainbow Bridge, pain-free and happy.
Always know that even in a cruel world, there are bright lights that shine on you.
