{"id":1107,"date":"2012-10-24T19:30:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T23:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/?p=1107"},"modified":"2012-10-24T19:30:18","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T23:30:18","slug":"two-aunts-and-a-chevy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ordinarylegacy.com\/word\/2012\/10\/24\/two-aunts-and-a-chevy\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Aunts and a Chevy"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A “perfect storm<\/strong>” is an expression that describes an event where a rare combination of circumstances will aggravate a situation drastically. The term is also used to describe an actual phenomenon that happens to occur in such a confluence, resulting in an event of unusual magnitude (Webster).<\/p>\n

So picture a friend of a friend who is moving on November 1st<\/sup>, a well-intended Mother who wants the best for her ADHD son, an adorable puggle who needs a home and you\u2019ve got this past weekend. Along with Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t sound like a lifetime but it damn near felt that way.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m that person that says, Let me see if I can help.\u00a0 Please God, put your arm around my shoulders and your hand over my mouth.\u00a0 Send out a few emails, see if anyone knows anyone and somehow my friend Ev says, hmmmmm.\u00a0 Oh no you don\u2019t and I initiate a campaign to stop the rest of the what-if from coming out of her mouth.\u00a0 You are not dog people.\u00a0 You\u2019ve never had a dog before.\u00a0 It\u2019s a fifteen year commitment.\u00a0 All those little mini vacations you like to go on would cost even more now.\u00a0 Oh yeah, the expense can be astronomical.\u00a0 You would have to keep everything super clean and off the floor.\u00a0 There would have to be rules and boundaries.\u00a0 Did I mention the expense?\u00a0 I thought of her, and told her so, as I was writing the 217.00 check for Lina\u2019s UTI.\u00a0 See\u2026.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if it\u2019s for you.\u00a0 Yes I know that ADHD kids respond well to dogs but but but but but.\u00a0 Oh my God how do I stop this?<\/p>\n

I text my friend with the friend who is moving, is the dog still available?\u00a0 Can they meet the dog? Yes they can.\u00a0 I text Ev.\u00a0 There is that moment that you absolutely know you\u2019ve made a mistake.\u00a0 The reply comes back, Daniel saw the message and is getting all excited.\u00a0 Valuable lesson number one, do not let your kids near your GD phone, its personal.\u00a0 Valuable lesson number one to me, never text Ev again.<\/p>\n

Sunday 4:38pm the text reads:\u00a0 Don\u2019t know how this happened but we now have a dog.\u00a0 My reply, from the pit of my stomach: Not surprised in the least, good luck, take good care of little Chevy.<\/p>\n

And downhill it went from there.\u00a0 He\u2019s two years old, he has a ton of energy, he\u2019s walking them, he\u2019s over stimulated, and he\u2019s tearing up the dog bed.\u00a0 OMG what have I done.<\/p>\n

Tuesday 6am the text reads: We can\u2019t keep Chevy, nobody is sleeping, I have a rash and everybody is on edge.\u00a0 It\u2019s sad but we can\u2019t.\u00a0Of course the woman can\u2019t take him back, she\u2019s moving.\u00a0 Send me a picture.\u00a0 I send it out to all the people I know and get places to call and people to see.\u00a0 We send out his picture, he is the cutest damn thing you ever saw.<\/p>\n

Now I\u2019m presenting at a meeting for the MINI group.\u00a0 I happen to be sitting next to another dog person extraordinaire, Tonine.\u00a0 We start texting back and forth about this little guy.\u00a0 Now don\u2019t even start about us sitting next to each other texting, it\u2019s a meeting for God sake and this is really a crisis.\u00a0 \u00a0The inkling of the two Aunts team is beginning to hatch.<\/p>\n

She knows someone who fosters, they know someone who has an agency, and pictures are sent.\u00a0 People are getting excited about fast placement. And a plan is born.\u00a0 The only thing we need are the Vet records.\u00a0 The woman doesn\u2019t have them, can she get the name of the Vet.\u00a0 I get my friend back involved.\u00a0 It\u2019s all in motion but I need to get the dog out of that house.\u00a0 I tell Ev I\u2019m coming for the dog, ok she\u2019ll meet me there.<\/p>\n

I get there a few minutes before her. Did she tell her family?\u00a0 I don\u2019t think so because when I show up they\u2019re happy to see me\u2026..then it hits them.\u00a0 I\u2019m taking the dog.\u00a0 Everyone starts crying.\u00a0 I\u2019m ok with being the bad guy, truly I am, because the end result will be best for everyone.\u00a0 I can assure you though that there is nothing more heart wrenching than watching a family in pain.\u00a0 Ev, get your family in the house and close the door.<\/p>\n

Off we go, Chevy and Aunt Sandi to meet up with Aunt Toots.\u00a0 The plan, and God if it doesn\u2019t work we are screwed with a capital S, is to bring Chevy to her mother-in-laws back yard to meet Chloe.\u00a0 Chloe is Tonine\u2019s dog who will be hosting Chevy at their house tonight.\u00a0 We hope.\u00a0 Should be fine.\u00a0 Chloe loves other dogs.\u00a0 How the hell are we going to pull this off?<\/p>\n

I pick up Tonine, of course she loves Chevy, off we go to meet up with her husband and Chloe.\u00a0 We get there first and let Chevy into the fully fenced backyard.\u00a0 Have you ever seen the picture of the dog running with his ears flying in the wind all full of joy?\u00a0 This was our little Chevy.\u00a0 He ran and ran and fetched the ball.\u00a0 Between Tonine and I we had him walking perfectly on the leash, sitting on command, bringing the ball back and fetching like a pro.\u00a0 Then came Chloe.\u00a0 I know you think it went bad but it just got better and better. They are playing like old pals. Thank you God, please put one in the owe you column.\u00a0 Ok maybe more than one.<\/p>\n

Tonine kept me posted through the evening with pictures and quips.\u00a0 All was well at their house.\u00a0 In my head I\u2019m thinking\u2026.here we go again.\u00a0 They are falling hard for this little cutey.<\/p>\n

I finally get the Vet records and there are shots missing.\u00a0 My Vet takes us in at a moment\u2019s notice, we bring Chevy for a quick exam and his shots and off we go to drop him off in Mt. Olive at the rescue.\u00a0 But wait, my poor partner in crime is a mess.\u00a0 I knew it\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026do I really have to take this dog away from a crying person AGAIN? Am I that heartless?\u00a0 Apparently.<\/p>\n

The drive was quiet with Tonine repeating \u201cit\u2019s all good\u201d as if it were a salve she could put on her heart.\u00a0 Chevy is snuggling and telling a story and whimpering on occasion.\u00a0 This is not going to be good.\u00a0 Are you sure you can\u2019t keep him?<\/p>\n

We arrive, we talk to the people at Eleventh Hour Rescue and they are wonderful.\u00a0 There are people putting in applications according to Tonine\u2019s friend Jill.\u00a0 It\u2019s all good, more salve.\u00a0 More tissues, more second thoughts more emotion.\u00a0 Another damn perfect storm.\u00a0 Let\u2019s get a picture and then I\u2019m taking you out of here.<\/p>\n

So you think I made it all the way through without shedding a tear right?\u00a0 Not a chance.\u00a0 Toots and I walked arm in arm out the door and never looked back.\u00a0 With tears running down our faces and hope in our hearts that our little Chevy would be in a forever home very very soon.<\/p>\n

I gave Tonine a new mantra, \u201cwe did good today\u201d.\u00a0 No good was going to come from anyone other than the two Aunts taking care of this.\u00a0 No good was going to come from placing him in a shelter.\u00a0 Our Karmic equity went off the charts today and I hope that she and I will never have to do anything like this again.\u00a0 What I know like I know is that I truly hope that she and I will be friends for many years to come such is the love I have for her depth of feeling and selflessness.\u00a0 What she knows about me is that I\u2019m tough, I can do the hard stuff but am eternally grateful for the arm in arm walk and the solidarity of emotion she allowed me.<\/p>\n

We thought that Two Aunts and a Chevy might be a great name for a rescue.\u00a0 It would be, but not for us.<\/p>\n

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