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May 28 2011

  When I woke up on May 28th 2011, the last thing I ever thought was "We will be adding two new members to our family today!". But that is, as you know by now, what happened.  We were on a mission. That's all it was. We heard about these two blind coon hound brothers, who needed help, and we were going to do our part to help them. Their story touched down deep in our souls, but again, we were on a mission, we needed to get them from point A to point B, and give them all the love we could in between. That was our goal. That is what we set out to do.

  Its funny how things change. How your life can change in a heartbeat. How waiting for a plane to land, and the nerves start building, the thoughts of just how amazing what is going on right before you, start to flow through your veins. As we waited for the boys my head raced with their story. When the plane landed down, on that very windy day, I couldn't help but tear up as I watched David unload the boys. They looked so happy, so full of life! Were these really the boys who almost lost their lives? The dogs that were thrown out because they were "worthless"?  As we posed for pictures, that's when it started, that's when I knew, they just fit!

 My heart broke as we drove away from the airport. I could tell how much David and Diane loved the boys. I then thought of Indy, who had fostered the boys for weeks, my heart sank as I thought of how he must be feeling. I was sure that he was happy, knowing that the boys were on their way to a new life, but I could only imagine how sad he was that they could not stay with him. I then thought of every person who came in contact with the boys. The many that never met them, yet loved them as their own. I shed more then a few tears.



Ace



Deuce



 We were worried about how things would go when we got home. But it was all for nothing. Within hours the boys knew their way around the house. They followed Linden around and let him climb all over them. They walked well on their leads and if they lost Linden from their scent while we were outside, they got nervous. He had to stay close. By the minute I fell in love, and by the minute I started dreading letting them go. I took hundreds of pictures that day. I wanted to remember every moment. I wanted to be able to show Linden when he was older. I knew, that we would never forget these boys. I uploaded the pictures offten on Facebook. I wanted everyone to see wonderful the boys were. I guess Eric Adam, who was already in New Mexico ready to get the boys, knew something was going on emotionally with me. Because late that night he sent me a message  saying if we thought for a second that we wanted to keep the boys, we should. The tears flowed and it was time for us to really talk about our emotions for Ace and Deuce. Eric called Eric Adam, and by the end of the phone call, the boys were staying.( And it was a good thing, because by this time it was well past midnight, and we were to leave in a few hours to New Mexico. ) I remember Eric and I both crying and just hugging each other. We then rushed in to tell "OUR" boys they were finally home. The crazy thing, it was like they already knew....

 The next morning Eric sent a mass e-mail to all involved in the boys journey. I think tears of joy spread around the country. The two amazing souls that touched so many lives....were home in Dallas Texas.  No one saw it coming (well I think Diane did) but we all knew that this was a story written in the stars. Eric and I couldn't have been happier. We felt that we were the lucky ones, imagine, these boys are full of love. Love they have been holding on to for 6 years just waiting for someone to share it with...and we are the ones who get it. What a blessing!