{"id":6595,"date":"2013-03-25T14:27:59","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:27:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/?p=6595"},"modified":"2013-03-25T14:27:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T18:28:00","slug":"the-foster-chronicles-nita-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/25\/the-foster-chronicles-nita-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"The Foster Chronicles: ‘Nita, The End"},"content":{"rendered":"

Previously<\/a>… (The Foster Chronicles: ‘Nita, Week 9)<\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

As it’s ‘Nita’s last full day with me, we take a big walk and schedule extra snuggling sessions in the morning<\/p>\n

\"Bonita<\/a><\/p>\n

and the evening.<\/p>\n

\"Bonita<\/a><\/p>\n

Day 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

I drive to High Point to meet Lainey for the drop-off. ‘Nita’s very happy to see her new mom and her five-year-old human brother because she’s always happy to see everyone, but—and I’ma go ahead and anthropomorphize the shit out of her right now—she seems confused and concerned as I get in the car and drive off.<\/p>\n

\"Bonita<\/a>
TOTALLY ALLERGIES. DIDN’T CRY. SHUT UP, YOU CAN’T PROVE ANYTHING.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

People comment that I can just change the name!<\/em> and transfer admin rights!<\/em> and that it’s easy!<\/em>, and I know that<\/em><\/strong> but I don’t want to<\/em><\/strong>. I want to keep her page exactly as it is. It represents me and ‘Nita and our relationship, plus what do I know?, but I think it’s a good portfolio item for my new career<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Day 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

Redford and Violet are a little weirded out—they run to the spare room and check the crate when we come inside—but happy, I think, to have 100% of my attention.<\/p>\n

I try to teach Violet how to snuggle belly to belly. She tolerates it for a few minutes before repositioning herself at my side and making it clear she prefers that I just rub her chest k that’s better thanx<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Day 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lainey makes a new page for ‘Nita. Except now she’s Ruca. And not nearly as funny.<\/p>\n

Day 5<\/strong><\/p>\n

Friends keep asking if I’m going to foster again but with that oh-god-don’t-do-it tone.<\/p>\n

And I get it. It’s difficult, and people who love you don’t wish you difficulty.<\/p>\n

But really, fostering has given my life meaning. For a few months at a time I have a purpose. For a few months at a time there’s a reason that the world is better because I’m here.<\/p>\n

And it is better. Better for the dogs, better for the people. Let’s not mince words: ‘Nita would be dead right now if I hadn’t fostered her. She\u00a0was scheduled to be put to sleep the day volunteers from CCB<\/a> walked into a shelter in Wake County, pulled her, and delivered her to me.<\/p>\n

And what a tragedy that would’ve been. ‘Nita made me happy. She made her 300 Facebook fans very happy. And from what I gather, she’s making her new family very, very happy.<\/p>\n

So no, I’m not going to foster again\u00a0right now<\/em>, but I probably will again in the future, and let’s not pretend that’s not a good thing.<\/p>\n

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Previously… (The Foster Chronicles: ‘Nita, Week 9) Day 1 As it’s ‘Nita’s last full day with me, we take a big walk and schedule extra snuggling sessions in the morning and the evening. Day 2 I drive to High Point to meet Lainey for the drop-off. ‘Nita’s very happy to see her new mom and … Continue reading The Foster Chronicles: ‘Nita, The End<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6599,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-animules"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6595"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6603,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6595\/revisions\/6603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6599"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/avidbruxist.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}