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Did I ever tell you about my human sister, Sue? She is mom’s sister, too. She lives in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, and takes in animals that no one else wants. People–not humans– even drop off the animals in front of her house so she can find them.

Sue has all kinds of furry creatures. Let’s see, she has a pair of Shetland ponies that were going to be put down, but she heard about them and then rescued them. She still has them, and they are very old in pony years. They now live in her barn and each has its own stall with clean hay. She had a German Shepherd named Rain, who had heartworms when she got him. I bet you know why she named him Rain! The people who brought her Rain said they didn’t have the heart to put him down. I guess they didn’t want to watch him die a slow death, but they thought it was all right for Sue to watch him die. Some people have no heart.

Boy, were they fooled. Sue nursed him, and pretty soon, he was walking around in her living room. After a while, Rain even started playing with the other furry ones Aunt Sue keeps in her house. Aunt Sue’s vet told her that she didn’t hold out much hope for Rain, but Sue never gave up. About two months later, Rain was running and playing out in the pasture with the other outside furry ones. But, at night, Rain came in the house and slept at the foot of Sue’s bed. No one ever came in the fenced-in front yard while Rain was on guard duty; which means that no one ever came in the yard at all unless Sue said it was okay. Try as he did, Rain finally succumbed to his fate and died last year.

Sue called mom when it happened and told her about it. Mom cried right along with Sue. She told mom that she had had Rain for six years after those people dropped him off and was blessed because of their cruel act. Sue also has other little creatures, but I will have to tell you about them later.