Casey and Una's Fundraiser for Paws Humane Society

Una Grace Smith was adopted by my family in 2015 from Paws Humane Society. They saved her life after she was found as an injured puppy and taken to animal control. I'm eternally grateful for Paws Humane saving her and am asking all of my friends and family to support this cause on Giving Tuesday. 

“Saving one dog will not change the world, but surely for that one dog, the world will change forever.”

She wasn’t even suppose to be ours. She was only suppose to stay with us for the weekend and then go back to the shelter to find a wonderful home. Returning her to a cold empty room was heart wrenching. Watching her shake and wonder where we were going was even worse.

A few days went by and that was it, we couldn’t take it anymore. We knew she was ours and it was time to make it official. She left the shelter for her final time as an orphan and came into our lives as a breath of fresh air.

It took her a few days to learn the way around our apartment and to adjust to life with one eye - yes she did run into things and we all had a little chuckle. For whatever reason, her little legs were weak and she would often hurt them playing with her brother. Day by day, she grew stronger, and our love for her grew more.

About three years have gone by and boy oh boy have we found out we were the lucky ones. A once little homeless neglected Hua Hua came into our lives and taught us so much about love, resilience, and forgiveness.

Una Grace Smith is our little alien sounding, love forcing, bone hiding, snuggle giving, best friend ever to Jax, little baby girl.

I’ve never had a dog SO well behaved in my life (and I’ve had quite a few). We adopted her for $45. We saved her life for $45. We saved the life of another dog who would take her shelter room for JUST $45. In return, we got the most precious best gift of all - the eternal love of a grateful soul.

So as the quote says at the top, we did in fact change Una’s life by making her a part of our family. But she changed ours too. We rescued her and she rescued us right back.

Please choose adoption; you WILL save a life.

#FromHomelessToPrincess #UnaGraceSmith