There isn't a doubt in my mind that people, and pets, come into our lives for reasons and seasons! To teach us lessons perhaps, bring substance and joy, and sometimes to change our lives forever.
'Kingsley,' with a white cross on his chest, is a special dog, a blessed dog, and, about to be, a lifelong blessing. His history who knows. His future extraordinary. He has been described as having a 'gentle soul.'
He was a rescue from the dog pound. Rescued because of his personality and potential. He lived in a foster home and now is in training to be a Penny's From Heaven Foundation TADSAW (Train a Dog - Save a Warrior) program PTSD Support Dog. He is the first in the program and a life lesson for a soldier in great need. Kingsley was spared for a reason and a season.
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"People come into your life for a reason, a season or a lifetime.
When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be. ~ Author Unknown
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When someone is in your life for a REASON,
it is usually to meet a need you have expressed.
They have come to assist you through a difficulty;
to provide you with guidance and support;
to aid you physically, emotionally or spiritually.
They may seem like a godsend, and they are.
They are there for the reason you need them to be. ~ Author Unknown
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Emily Dickinson said, "To live is so startling, it leaves little time for anything else." To a soldier with PTSD, Kingsley will be the catalyst for inner things to begin to change in a startling fashion. This dog, once unwanted, will take care of moments of fear, anxiety, panic, flashbacks from the nightmares of war. With this dog by his side, 'his' soldier might not think so much of the past and might settle into the everlasting present and future.
"The future is like the daytime moon, a diffident but faithful companion, so elegant as to be almost invisible, an inconspicuous marvel." ~Robert Grudin
It is said that time is a great healer, and so is a dog close by the side of a wounded warrior. Thomas Holcroft said it perfectly, "The past is a guide post, not a hitching post." These warriors facing the horrors of PTSD with a dog by their sides just might find the path out a little brighter, the journey a little less frightening, and the nights less tortured and bitter. We are all afraid of fear, we're afraid of becoming afraid, scared of being scared. Fears can escalate into terror. And terror into paralyzing inertia. But Kingsley won't accept that. He is already trained to put his foot on the foot of 'his' soldier to bring him back to reality, making fear a mere blip on the radar screen. Kingsley is like a boy scout, always ready to take over. He is being trained to be prepared. For fear requires action and this dog with the white cross on his chest knows just what to do.
Fear, for at least one wounded warrior with PTSD, might find itself retreating. And a soldier might find himself not shaking, when a paw on his foot delivers a message of safety and comfort from a black dog nobody wanted.
"One word frees us of all the weigh and pain of life.
That word is love."
~Sophocles
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YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING US HELP A WARRIOR IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED.
TO SPONSOR A PTSD SUPPORT DOG FOR A WARRIOR WITH PTSD IS $1,000.00
DONATIONS MAY BE SENT TO:
PENNY'S FROM HEAVEN FOUNDATION
13423 BLANCO ROAD ~ SUITE 218
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78248
http://www.tadsaw.org/ (under construction).
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