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Meet Our Members:
Janelle Hatfield
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Hi, I am Janelle Hatfield and I have been a member
of Friends of the Shelter from the very beginning. I was so happy
to join an organization that would help our four legged friends.
At that first meeting I knew in my heart that many good things were
going to happen and they have!!!!
I have always been an animal lover. In the last 30
years I have been blessed to have many dogs and cats. At the
present time I have one inside cat named Flufftail, one outside cat
named Chatters, and in just the last 2 weeks a black cat has taken
up with me. I suppose his name will be Blackie.
There is one special cat that I want to tell you about. Her name
was Pearl and I know God sent her to me at a time when I needed
her. Pearl was a solid white stray cat (the best kind). She was on
my neighbor's porch one morning. My neighbor was a little upset
because the cat was there. Not because she was there, but because
she was starving, and bony and only had one eye. The other eye was
completely gone, just an empty eye socket. I must admit, I had
never seen a cat like this before and she was a little scary
looking. But my heart went out to her, and I started taking care of
her.
I took Pearl to the vet and had her spayed and the doctor closed
her missing eye socket with some stitches. She looked like she was
winking at you!! She started to get healthy and grow and she turned
into a beautiful cat with one big beautiful blue eye. Right before
she came into my life I had been diagnosed with breast cancer and
had a mastectomy. It occurred to me while she was recuperating and
I was too that God was sending me a message. If Pearl could live
and be happy with just one eye then I could live and be happy with
just one breast. That cat helped me in a way I can never explain.
She was truly a message from God to me. I had Pearl for a few years
and one morning I got up and she was gone. I never did know what
happened to her. I miss her very much and I cry when I think about
her. I believe in my heart that God didn't take her away from me,
but sent her on another mission to help someone else!
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