What One Life Can Do....

As one of the board members for Rikki's Refuge in Orange, VA, I get a lot of opportunities to speak to others about Rikki's and all the wonderful things they do to help save lives, promote spay-neuter (or Speuter as we call them!) clinics at prices pet owners can afford, bring about awareness and support to the many rescues they interact with and just in general help animals of 22 species in any way they can. One of the questions I get a lot when people meet me at appearances is "how did you first hear about Rikki's?" or "what got you involved in animal rescue?"

As a 12 year breast cancer survivor, my Passion for Pink is pretty obviously traced to not only a personal journey of survivorship but a family history with one, but my love for the animals came long before I realized my own life would need a voice one day in the future.

They were also nice enough to mention my Mrs Central Virginia title at the end, which was cool, though you notice the REAL queen is the Siamese princess featured in the photo! This story was just published in the Orange County (VA) magazine and I think wonderfully answers the question about the difference one life can make. Read it and see if you agree!

Click on the story to enlarge it for reading...it's a newspaper size so I had to scan it in halves! 

And this is Candy Cane in color...who sleeps in the sink. On the right she is 

"helping" me with a friend's baby crazy quilt which is almost done!