Yesterday I got a Facebook letter from Becky, the playwright who wrote our story.
She told me that "Nate" *the young man that played the role of Patrick, who was killed along side my daughter was heartbroken because of not being able to find a home for his 4 year old Pibble, named Domino.
I Don't know all the financial issues, but he's not able to take Domino on with him when he and his family get evicted from their home.
((Domino has been with Nate since she was 8 weeks old))
Becky asked if perhaps I 'knew someone, somewhere' that might be able to help.
Of course I don't.
Too many Pibbles.......Too Many Miles Between Rescues who Are Slammed Full of Unwanted Dogs.
But this was Nate.
Nate, among the other young actors in the play, Gave So Very Much of Themselves ----in ways they never expected to give for a ROLE....
No Acting Opportunities prepared them for the Play "In My Daughter's Name".
These young people, for 8 performances, Lived and Relived the Life and the Deaths of Two Very young and Remarkable People.
These Young KIDS........I cannot Begin to Tell You.
These CHILDREN ...Trembled with Compassion and Reverence, every time they approached Us...the family.
They whispered...they cried......they never thought they would become a part of those that Lived and Those that Died.
I felt their Foreheads as they rested their burden Against Mine........We Leaned Together.....
We Suffered Against the Strain.
In No Way Do I have any weird psychological connection because Nate reminded me of Patrick.
I never knew Patrick.
But Nate Became a Part of the Pieces.
When that young man told me he had no hope for Domino, I believed him.
I went to a young theater major's house, expecting something middle class, something ubiquitous, something OKAY.
But I had stereotyped him...prejudged a theater student as if only middle class kids pick educations that rely on big dreams and slim chances.
Instead, I found an impoverished little family barely scraping by; a little pit bull with horrible skin allergies and weepy eyes.
A Desperate young man trying to save whatever he could as eviction and poverty forced him to make choices.
I decided Domino wasn't going to be a causality.
I know THE Following:::
No Dog Aggression Even With Being in a Home full of Other Dogs...
No Human Aggression, Ever.
Likes to Chase Cats but Seems to Only Want to Play With Them.
Was Spayed at 5 Months.
Has Terrible Allergies and takes Predinsone pills??
Is Up to Date on all Shots
Takes Frontline for Heartworm/Fleas
Is Happy to Be Playing but Soon Settles and Takes Long Naps....
I Know, I know I know........
I'm mixing a Lot of Personal Stuff in the Life of This Little Dog.
I'm taking a risk and Will Experience Profound changes with Dar and Macy.
This 'foster' May Last Forever.
Please Give Me Some Good Sound ADvice and Insights on Fostering ----
But This is Nate and he became more than a handsome young actor When He Stepped into our lives....
This is Domino and Now She Matters Too....
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