Animals Are Parents Too

[Guest guest]

Animals Are Parents Too

 

 

I want to let you know about an event that changed my life many years

ago. It is a memory that periodically comes and goes, but it is one

of the most precious memories that my wife and me share. I am

thankful that we can remember it together. It is a reminder that

things are not what they seem and that angels come in many packages.

 

 

 

We live in College Station, Texas and we were on our way home from

Houston, Texas around the Weston Lakes area one Saturday or Sunday

morning. And when I say morning, I'm talking 1:00 to 2:00 in the

morning. We were on our way home and decided to stop at a local gas

station to get coffee and something to snack on since it was a good

hour and a half before we got home.

 

 

 

When we were done, we got back into our car and before I started it,

we noticed a man standing outside in front of the building. You could

tell that he was a homeless man. His clothes were tattered and worn

and it looked like he had gone in and gotten him some coffee or

something warm to drink since it was cold this time of the year. He

must have not had enough money to get something to eat. That is not

something I remember too well, because that is not what " moved " me.

 

 

 

The next thing I remember is a dog that walked up to the front of the

building. Being a dog lover, I noticed that she was part wolf and

probably part German shepherd. I could tell she was a she, because

you could tell that she had been feeding puppies. She was terribly in

need of something to eat and I felt so bad for her. I knew if she

didn't eat soon, she and her puppies would not make it.

 

 

 

My wife and me sat there and looked at her. We noticed that people

walked by and did not even pet her, like most people do when they

walk by an animal in front of a store. She might not have been as

pretty and clean as most, but she still deserved better. But we still

did not do anything. But someone did. The homeless man, who I thought

did not buy himself anything to eat, went back into the store. And

what he did brought tears to me and my wife. He had gone into the

store and with what money he may have had, bought a can of dog food

and fed that dog.

 

 

 

I know that this story is not as inspirational as most stories, but

it plays a great part in our lives. You see, that was Mother's Day

weekend. And a lot of people forget that some animals are parents

too. And animals as well as us are God's creations too.

 

 

 

It would be a better story if I could remember all the details, but

even without the details, I believe it still gets the message across.

It took a homeless man, to show me what I should have done. He made

me a better man that day.