Sometimes, I Think We're All Going to be OK

I often get in a "people suck" mood after seeing so many homeless, abused or abandoned animals here in the South.

However, this morning on the way to work, I was taking a short cut through Homewood and pulled up to the stop sign by Becker's Animal Clinic and saw a beautiful fuzzy creamy medium sized dog running free back and forth across the road. Like you all, as soon a I saw the dog and no human I was already formulating a plan of where to park the car, where was my spare leash (Oh, please don't get hit). As I started to pull forward I noticed two vet techs walking calming to try and get the dog. Meanwhile, every car on ever corner going in every direction stopped and people were getting out to try and get her. It was a few minutes after 8 so everyone in every car in every direction was surely as late for work as I was, but they all didn't seem to mind. One of the people had a truck with a Golden riding in the back and all he did was open his door and the dog jumped right in. Everyone clapped and smiled, gave him a thumbs up as they got back in and got back on their way.

It made me so happy to know that so many people cared enough to stop even if they had some where they had to be.

Like the geese I saw crossing the 280 with their babies. My heart stopped. I thought there was no way they would make it through 6 lanes of cut throat traffic. (I even drive like a beast on the 280). I couldn't even bare to watch. To my amazement, three lanes of traffic came to a dead stop as they crossed each stretch of the road.

Maybe people aren't so bad after all. Sometimes, I think we're all going to be OK.


Claudine Arredondo-Graf
Bark for a Park President