Sweet Blossom

  (FYI This was written on Thursday, June 19th but posted just today) 

Surprise! We are foster parents!... and it's a girl! :) Blossom is a sweet, peaceful 4 year old soul. She is so mellow... (so we rightfully are playing reggae for her). We hope we'll be her forever home but since our future options are up in the air re:where we will live, right now we are her foster home. We visited her today at the Humane Society (for the first time) and she's been home with us for nearly 4 hours! The Humane Society is an amazing place, with such wonderful caretakers. Many loved sweet Blossom so it was a bittersweet farewell when we left (thankfully we go back for vaccinations on Saturday! :)

I first learned of Blossom from a friend who writes for the HSEC blog...(http://humanesocietyofeasterncarolina.blogspot.com/). She posted about certain dogs whose adoption fees are waived this month. I read about Blossom and immediately wanted to meet her... that was 3 weeks ago. We didn't want to rush into it so decided not to worry about it. However, throughout the past 3 weeks, there has been reminder after reminder about sweet Blossom. First, the blog post, second, one of my students met her (and also fell in love) at a volunteer orientation for the HSEC, and then my hair stylist, who recently came into town, who has a wonderful relationship with the HSEC, knew Blossom super well! Susan created a calendar, fundraising for the HSEC and Blossom was featured for... July.. yes... this month! So... needless to say, I ordered a few things (collar, harness, etc...) a few days ago, just hoping we could meet. You obviously know how this story ends... she's home!

Here is a bit about her (taken from the blog): How could you not fall in love, right? "Blossom is a true lady, sweet, calm, and friendly. She's mastered the puppy dog eyes, so be warned! She is crate trained and housebroken. This mama sacrificed everything to raise her puppies, and when she arrived at HSEC, she was in bad shape. Now that she's been nursed back to health. As you can see from her picture Blossom is one happy dog! She always has a smile on her face, a wag in her tail, and lots of kisses to give! She came to HSEC in the Spring of 2011 with her litter of three puppies who have all since been adopted. Blossom was an outstanding mom but unfortunately she used up all her energy caring for her pups leaving her in bad shape. When we first met Blossom she was very underweight and had a variety of skin problems. Luckily we're happy to report that Blossom has recovered beautifully and all she needs now is her forever home!We suspect that Blossom spent most of her young life having back to back litters of puppies and that this sweet girl suffered a good deal before she came to us. Despite her rough start Blossom is a staff favorite because she's put her past behind her and loves just about everybody! Blossom is a genuinely sweet and loving dog who deserves nothing but the best!" 

So.. now she is home with us... the crate is set up, food and water bowls are filled (HSEC is so generous to let us borrow these), pig ears being munched on, we went on our first walk... it's been a great few hours. There was a precious moment when she gently jumped up to kiss Daniel on the cheek...adorable. I've been referring to her as Lotus Blossom... such a significant flower to me.... Blooms regardless of muck and mire.

Ready to visit us?

XOXOXO,

DnAnB