February 3, 2011
Today I completed my first two(ish) volunteering hours at the SPCA, and I loved it.
I was having a horrible morning--was running late for class, hadn't finished my homework, had had a night full of bad dreams, and was feeling sick and just overall cranky--so instead of driving into campus, I got the idea to go to the SPCA instead. As soon as I walked into one of the cat rooms, my whole disposition changed. I was greeted by Peridot, whose cage is closest to the door, and she was so full of love and energy that I couldn't help but smile, and everything that had been bothering me dissipated for awhile. That probably sounds corny or cliche, but there's no better way to describe it. When you're in a cat room, you're so loved because they all want a piece of you.
Anyway I made a lot of cat friends today, and it made me realize that I'm really fortunate to be volunteering at a place like this. I never would have had the guts to do it if it weren't for my class, so I'm really glad that I'm having this experience.
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I'm glad you're enjoying the work at the Pennsylvania SPCA, Katlyn. And I appreciate how being among the cats at the shelter seemed to turn your attention outward, or turn it around toward all those cats who seemed to be seeing you as someone else, someone other than the person who was "having a horrible morning"! In our studies of NHA capacities, this is a good example of how we, in turn, may expand the sense of our own HA capacities in our relations with NHA.
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