We are blessed to live in an animal loving neighborhood.  More than once people have helped us when the wolfies managed to get out and run wild.  This time I received texts about our dog Chin Chin.  I had NO idea she was out and we were not at home.  She was my mother’s beloved dog and of course she became ours when my mother passed.  We were in a rush and I let her out the side door … only apparently I forgot to let her back in — and then we left.  If you cannot tell from this picture, this beautiful little dog lost her eye after instigating a fight with three pit bulls.  It was horrific and totally her fault.  Now she doesn’t see that well and I feel terrible that I let her down and forgot about her!  This kind woman was out walking her own dog and found Chinny barking at our front door, with the wolfies whining to get to her.  She did not have to stop, or check a grouchy older dog’s tags, or text me repeatedly; but she did.  Then, rather than leave her, she even carried her into her own home and placed her lovingly on the sofa until we could get over to pick her up.  The parable of the Good Samaritan came to mind where a traveler was stripped, beaten, and left half dead along the roadside.  First a priest came by and then another man, but they both ignored him and kept going.  Finally, a Samaritan came along and helped the injured man.  I have no idea how many people may have passed her, but I do know one woman took the time to read her collar in the dark despite the fear of being bitten, and she stayed with a little dog who was frightened and cold, eventually bringing her back to her own home.  She could have so easily kept going.  But she truly cared.  She cared, she called, and she carried her home.  The American football coach Lou Holtz said, “I follow three rules:  Do the right thing, do the best you can, and always show people you care.”  That is precisely what this woman whom I did not even know who lives in our neighborhood did for us.  And she did it without a thought.  I discovered ironically her last name is Wolf!  Of all the names … so Chinny found herself amongst friends — and, for a short while, with another wolf family.