@alyssasanimalsanctuary: I never meant for this video to be so long but as I sat trying to edit it to be shorter I couldn’t help but think, how could I possibly cut any of her story or these core memories of her incredible one of a kind personality just for the sake of a “shorter video” that would be easier for people to watch…I just can’t. So if you made it through this whole video, thank you. Thank you for honoring her life and her memory. Thank you for mourning her with me. 💙 Rescuing animals means constant heartache. Whether it’s the compassion fatigue that you experience while trying to pull them out of the depths of whatever horrible situations you rescued them from or the heartache you experience when it’s their time to leave the world and your heart just isn’t ready yet. Animals passing is inevitable, and for me personally, the hardest part of what I do isn’t just having to constantly go through these heartaches, but sometimes it’s having to share these heartaches and emotions so publicly... When an animal passes, sometimes my heart hurts so much that I can’t even bring myself to talk about it. Or even say their name. I can’t bring myself to speak the words out loud because that’s when it solidifies that they are truly gone and sometimes that is simply too much for my heart to handle in that moment. But other times my heart aches because there are just so many things I want to say that the words just keep spilling out because you can’t stop the memories that come flooding to your mind. We all mourn differently, and for me, I mourn each and every animal differently too. Thank you for always letting me mourn in my own ways. Thank you for letting me drop off the face of the internet for awhile until I’m ready to speak publicly on it. As I was editing this video I realized I never even showed you all those clips of Scout when she had Listeria. I never even shared those moments of us spending every second of every day for weeks by her side, fighting for her life with her. At the time I was going through the loss of Bubba and Ren, feeling broken as I watched Scout become completely paralyzed while everyone told me I needed to let her go, wondering if I was doing right by her to keep fighting. As I was fighting to not lose her through that sickness too, I gave her every ounce of my energy and shared none of it with you. And when it was over and she started to recover, I just wanted to move on. I never wanted to talk about it because it all hurt so bad and my heart just needed to move on from it to be able to heal. But her story deserves to be shared. Because I’ve never seen an animal fight so hard. For everything in her life. Despite all odds, despite everything she has gone through. Her will to live her life on her terms, was inspiring on so many levels. How could I not share that with you… Sanctuary family, Thank you for being here with me on this journey, thank you for loving these animals with me. You’ll never understand how much it means. Not only to me, but to the animals as well. 💔

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