“Mama, pleeeeeeease, can we get a cat?” Our two girls issued this desperate plea hundreds of times over several years, and still, my husband and I wouldn’t budge. Our frequent travels precluded us from keeping pets, yet we wanted our kids to know the joy of animal...
I have had the honor and delight to be the director of Saving One Life for just shy of six years. When I signed up for this crazy ride, I didn’t think it would have been this fulfilling, enjoyable and exhausting. But, it is all worth it knowing that animals live and...
In an ideal world, every feline would have a loving, forever home to enjoy every day of their lives. Unfortunately, we don’t live in an ideal world and it isn’t always possible or practical for the feral felines in need here in the Phoenix area to find a forever...
A few weeks ago I decided it was time to try fostering a pregnant kitty, so I brought home Kita. I have been fostering 4+ week old kittens for Saving One Life for the past year, so this was going to be an entirely new experience for me.Preparing the Nest The first...
After saying goodbye to Panda and Sweetie, I had sworn off fostering. My heart was just too fragile to ever do that again. Or so I thought. Panda and Sweetie didnt last long on the adoption floor, because they had been socialized and grew up in a home environment....
Growing up, I always had cats around. In fact, one of my first words was cat. I got my first cat when I was two, Bobo. She taught me compassion for animals and my love for all things feline. I had her until I was sixteen years old and I have been surrounded by cats...