We've been fostering for at least three years now. Here are some of our others. I promise I'll stop posting now. 😀

We foster kittens and I'll have to post them as we do. Our foster fails though are: Peach, Hobbs, Rosey and Katniss. Rosie is the youngest but she runs the house.

For 34 years, Stana lived in captivity, but last week, thanks to Harmony Fund, this beautiful elderly bear finally got to experience something she had been denied for almost her entire life. Her freedom to be a bear. Stana's story began in the forests of Serbia, where she and her sister Mara lived with their mother as cubs. Their mom was teaching them how to be a bear. How to fish, where to find berries and where to shelter from the rain. Then a hunter killed their mother and had her taxidermied as a trophy. And in a heartbreaking twist, Stana and Mara ended up spending their lives dependent upon the same man who had killed their mother. Four years ago, authorities finally found the sisters, removed them from the property, and took them to Palic Zoo, but sadly, Mara passed away last year and Stana had now lost both her mom and her sister. But her story wasn't over yet. Last week, Harmony Fund helped move Stana to ARKA Sanctuary in Banostor, where at long last she could experience a different kind of life. A life of being a bear. Her first day was spent exploring, eating fresh fruits and vegetables and discovering her new pool. And she apparently decided clean water was highly overrated because within a couple of hours she had climbed in and out so many times that she'd turned it muddy. Fun! 😂 But what she did that evening absolutely got my heart. As the day came to an end, Stana began digging into the earth. She made a little depression just big enough for her body. Then she gathered dry grass and arranged everything the way she wanted it to make herself a natural bed. Stana hadn't lived in the forest since she was a cub, but after 34 years she remembered how her mama taught her to be a bear. It was the first time in all those years she got to sleep outside under the stars and be a beary happy bear again. We can't give Stana those lost years back. She cannot be released into the wild, both because it isn't permitted by law and because after so many years in captivity she lacks the survival skills she would need. But she can now have grass beneath her paws, fresh food, and a pool to make as muddy as her heart pleases.

A family escaped violence in Cambodia and reached the United States. But according to a newspaper account later recalled by a filmmaker, their young son remained terrified of a threat nobody else could see. His parents believed he was safe. He wasn’t convinced. The filmmaker turned that account into the starting point for a famous horror movie. Which movie? Make your guess below.

While I'm waiting to see where this month's donation goes, I want to share some really great news with everyone today. We have another $20 to add to this month's donation. $55 goes to the winning organization! I just squealed out loud typing that. Would that be SOL? Wait, what if we could throw a U in there? SOUL. Anyone??? Sorry, I will blame that on caffeine. 😂 My SOUL is giddy with the $55. I am so happy that we are growing before our eyes. Now I'm teary. ❤️ So before I ramble onto the next page, go here and vote. We have animals depending on us. 🐾 AND I have something pretty amazing planned for next month's donation and vote. SOL again! 😂❤️ Go vote.