Welcome Billie Sue! (Just a bit late, but...)

I wrote this over a year ago and had not thought of posting it here until today.

 

Billy Sue had lived at For the Love of Dogs, a wonderful rescue shelter in Wilson, N.C., since 2004. She had come to them when her "owner", a nomadic man, passed away. For years he wandered Wilson County carrying a large cross, all of his possessions, and his 2 dogs attached to him by a rope. Billie Sue was one of those dogs. If only she could tell her stories! There was never enough food, never enough structure, and never enough love. At For the Love of Dogs she made up for lost time on the love front! However, Billie Sue needed a good home to call her own where belly rubs, love and attention come from more than the few hurried volunteers rushing back and forth, promising to return later for some one-on-one time that rarely comes in a rescue sanctuary with well over 150 dogs. Billy Sue adores everyone she meets and is starved for attention. She gives enough love for five dogs. Even after six years in the shelter she had not been adopted, and one of the For the Love of Dogs volunteers made it her mission to find Billie Sue a home. Shortly before Christmas 2010, she put an announcement and Billie Sue’s story on Facebook. As soon as Carroll read the announcement we pretty much knew Billie Sue would be coming to live with us. On January 3, 2011 we brought her home for a week-long "trial visit". One night was all it took for us to know Billie Sue had found her home. On January 6 we went back to For the Love of Dogs and finalized her adoption. Welcome home, Billie Sue!