This is Maggie!  God blessed me with her over 13 years ago in California where  I lived outside the Napa valley. God gave me a message in my head when I was driving past the shelter that I should go in. I am not joking.  I had driven past the shelter almost weekly and never felt the sense this strong  to go in.  On this day I received the strong message. Maggie had just arrived.  She was just strolling around in the streets by herself when animal control picked her up. The staff person said I would have to wait 3 days to see if someone would claim her.  Since she was so cute I knew had to have belonged to someone.

By the grace of God, 3 days later I took her home with me where our life together began.  When I was laid off from a San Francisco dot com in 2001 she moved with me to New York City and quickly adjusted to city life.  Where I used to be able to open the door and let Maggie go out to do her business, I now had to take her down 22 floors in the elevator in order to take her out.  Sometimes she would wake me up at 4AM on a cold snowy NYC morning.  I would have to bundle up and take her out for a walk (again at 4 AM mind you in NYC) so she could do her business.

I think about that time as we now live in Connecticut where once again I can open the door an let her out from my nice cozy home.    She loves playing with her ball, playing tug a war, running fast after a golf ball, hunting and chasing squirls, and begging for food.  She is my best friend and buddy.  I love her so much. I don\’t ever want to lose her.  I don\’t know what I will do when that time comes.

Mary from CT

I just got back from vacation where I read Rescuing Sprite. I am a huge dog lover and had a Lhasa Apso as a child. He was such a huge part of our family and since I was an only child, he was like a sibling. When he passed on at only age 7, we were heartbroken and we all had a hard time functioning for awhile. I felt your pain and your family\’s pain while reading the book. I am so sorry you had such a difficult time but I can totally relate.

It\’s been 30 years since Midnight died and I remember it all so vividly. What you and your family did for Sprite was to give him a very happy life until its end and he knew it. You were all meant for each other and able to bring joy to him as he brought so much joy to you. I enjoyed the book immensely and my husband will attest to how moved I was by it as evidenced by the tears streaming down my face and my sniffling while on the beach in Hawaii. I was moved by Marley 3 years ago and equally moved by Sprite. He was so lucky to have you and you are all so lucky to have had him and to have Pepsi and Griffen.

My husband and I enjoy your show and now we each have more respect for you after reading about your life with Sprite. It sounds like you have a wonderful wife and kids and you are all so blessed. Thank you for sharing Sprite with us and for sharing your emotions. You are a true American.

Donna from NY

i love my cat friends that i rescued as much as you love your sprite ty for speaking up for all our animal friends ty mark

Paul from IL