Health & Fitness
Bella, Miss Bella
My name is Bella and I want you to imagine me and my life .
I have endured over two years at the Mount Vernon Animal Shelter. When I say endured, it's not about the time the staff and shelter spend with me, on the contrary, they see to it that I have running time in the yard where I love to chase a ball and splash in the "kiddie pool" on warm summer days. But there are over 25 dogs and my time to run is short. I get to be in an outside kennel for a few hours in the morning and watch the staff and volunteers run in all directions to get my shelter mates out for walks and clean our kennels. But most of my life is spent alone, kind of like sitting in a shower stall with a small cot-a bucket of water and endless lonliness-and that is when I imagine you, that one person on this earth who will come and take me away-let me be free to love and be part of a family. It only takes one person - one family - one pair of hands and one big heart to take me or one of my shelter friends to know life as it should be - please imagine me with you.
Story written by Susan M. (volunteer)
Photos by Tischman Photography