A new year begins. At the beginning of each year I always like to look back and reflect on the they year past. Looking back at 2014, I can not believe the dream of Must Luv Boxers Rescue became a reality. We are a formal 501c3 not for profit organization. Then I thought… How did I even get here? About a decade ago, with a deep love for my boxer Sadie who changed my life forever, I began chatting on message forums filled with other boxer owners. I knew how obsessed I was with this breed but shortly came to learn that being a boxer owner is a lifestyle. These other owners were as obsessed with this human like breed as I was. We began discussing training, food, silly boxer antics. Then we began chatting about our lives, family, kids, jobs and whatever else was going on. Real friendships began to grow. We shared happiness, pain, new jobs, marriages, births, divorces, losses and became a small family. All of this built on the foundation of Boxers!!! These amazing and magical creatures change us and it is something only a boxer owner can understand. These wiggly crazy babies are responsible for friendships that date back over a decade. So many of you have been in my life for years and I could not be happier that you are on this crazy ride with me!!! When I would look at my babies snuggled in bed with me, I would get teary eyed and think, “All of these amazing babies deserve to be snuggled in a warm bed and loved.” I wanted to be involved in rescue and knew I had to make a difference in the lives of abused, neglected or abandoned boxers. I got involved in rescue and as much as it tore at my heart to see some of the things I saw, the joy of a boxer finding their forever home was worth all the tears. I dreamed of starting my own rescue. Simple right??? LOL…. Wow this was one of the biggest challenges I have ever tackled. I had no idea of all the working parts and how it would consume my life. I have never been so fulfilled in all my days. MLBR would have never been born if it were not for all the wonderful people involved. All of you who foster, project manage, accounting, the FB page, review applications, transport, evaluate are the true heartbeat of this organization. We are living the dream!!!! You know it doesn’t stop here… and you may say I am nuts. Of course I am… I am a boxer mom! After caring for two senior boxers, I really came to understand how much they needed me as their faces grew silver. I watched so many dear friends say goodbye to their beloved babies the years. We would all wait anxiously for test results and diagnosis’ for each other’s kids. We cried together, remembered together and loved together. All of us agreed that there was nothing more special than that silver face. It would break my heart to hear of a senior boxer who was just dumped because the family just didn’t have the time or funds to care for them any more. These beautiful loving babies deserve to spend their last days being loved, cuddled, kissed and pampered. One day, I pray, that I am able to operate a Senior Boxer Sanctuary. A place where boxers can live out their final time in a warm and loving environment. A place where they would get proper medical care, as well as the love they deserve. I enter 2015 so grateful for how far we have come and all we have built. We have provided many boxers with their forever homes. We have grown into an even closer family. To my new and old friends, I wish you, your families and your fur babies a very happy and healthy 2015. Thank you Holly Adams
Posted on: Fri, 02 Jan 2015 19:03:10 +0000
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