Thank You Foster Pet Parents | My First Time Letting Go

You know what's weird? When you realize you've been saying something for a long time, thinking that you understood, but you didn't really quite get it. Then one day, a situation becomes personal and only then do you discover how much you didn't know at all. I've been telling other people for a while things like "that's so great you volunteer as a foster", or "gosh, it must be hard to let them go", but until today I don't think I ever realized what it was really like. I'm a permanent type of rescuer, as we've always gone to adopt our animals for life, to bring them into our home for good. We often find or end up with ones that need extra attention or special care, and for that reason they wind up being forever furry family members.