Happy National Pet Day, everyone! I hope you’ve given your fur-babies plenty of love today. This post is not going to be like most of the others. I won’t be talking about writing, reading, publishing, or even Disney. Instead, I want to use this blog to help out a friend and fellow writing enthusiast/animal-lover. You see, my friend, Brittany Wilson, needs help paying to send her two cats to the vet. She recently lost another cat to anemia and suspected cancer, and now her other cats are showing signs of anemia as well. After paying bills and rent, she is struggling to scrape together money for the vet, so she has started a GoFundMe page to tie the venture over until her next paycheck.
When I was in middle school, I met Brittany through a role-playing forum for Anne McCaffrey’s The Dragonriders of Pern series. We continued to role-play on these forums together through my high school years and became friends on Facebook. She was like an older sister to me. Role-playing with her helped me to develop my writing skills, and I am forever grateful for that.
I am also a big animal lover. I have had a variety of pets throughout my life: dogs, a cat, a rabbit, and even guppies. My brothers also had a rat, a mouse, and a guinea pig at various points throughout my childhood. I’ve always been blessed with animals who have lived long, healthy, happy lives; the only animal I’ve had to put down relatively young was Bud, the dog I had before Bubba. No matter how it happens, losing a pet is very painful. If I can help a friend keep their pet happy and healthy, I will.
So, if you could please contribute to the GoFundMe campaign–even $5 would help–or share the link, I would be very appreciative, as would Brittany.
Here is link for anyone who wants to donate and/or share the cause:
Thank you in advance!
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