If you know me, at all, you know I love animals.
I believe all of us have something that we love, we would fight for, we cry over, we donate to, etc. We all have our own personal cause for some reason. Mine is animals. I may seem unemotional about human things at times, but when it comes to animals, forget about it...
Now, don't get me wrong, my kids/family comes first, but you know we all have our own things we gravitate towards outside that. Personally, I believe that giraffes are the most amazing and beautiful creatures created by God.
So, why do I bring this up now? Well, today we had an incident at our zoo:
http://www.krdo.com/news/lion-killed-in-fight-at-cheyenne-mountain-zoo/-/417220/22495874/-/pptmy2/-/index.html
One of our girl lionesses got in a fight with our new male lion, and she passed away as a result of it. I had already fallen head over heels in love with our new male lion, Abuto. And I know this is the circle of life. And I know that Abuto is not going to be punished for killing the lioness. In fact I would bet a lot of money (if I had money to bet and was a bettin' woman) that he killed her in self defense only. But I can't even convey my sadness. Tears have fallen for the lovely Jamila from my eyes. I can not even imagine being a keeper tonight having witnessed what happened and not able to stop it, or a person just there enjoying the zoo. I would be scarred for life.
I make it a point to not watch the National Geographic channel. Heck, I can't even watch Animal Planet. I do not work in the animal industry for the whole reason that my heart is just to freaking soft when it comes to animals. So, when events like this occur, it hits me hard. It shakes me to my core. It makes me sad in a way that is hard to convey with words.
Why do I share this? Because I believe all of us have our "thing" that our hearts are way to soft over. And my prayer for you is that you know what yours is. I love that is one thing that can join us all together, and that every "cause" has it's advocates. If I didn't love animals so dang much, who would give money to the zoo? If people didn't have their soft spot for kids with cancer, who would take care of them? Who would have started the Make-A-Wish foundation? See my point? Every cause needs their soft hearted person to move forward in good way. Find yours, and support it with all your might!
(but feel free to be sad with me for Jamila and her keepers tonight... ) :)
