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About 1990 I was in Colorado Springs, CO Pet Smart
and they were having a show and tell day about
different animals and some where for sell. They
used to do this. There was a nice lady there with
what looked like miniature huskies. Momma
mini-husky was laying there calmly agreeing that
‘Yes, she had lovely puppies’. I said to my
husband, if I were to get a dog, I wanted one of
those. I asked for a card and went on my way.
Nine years later my husband and I decided we wanted
to get a dog. I still had the card from that lady
with the mini-huskies. She was no longer in
Colorado Springs, CO but she was in Peyton, CO and I
managed to track her down and got on her waiting
list. I was coming to Colorado Springs and I talked
her into letting me come and visit. I was still a
ways down on the list. During my visit, a five
month old puppy climbed into my lap and proceeded to
growl at any other puppy or dog that came near. She
stayed there the rest of the time I was there.
As I got ready to leave, Eileen told me Mireekle’s
(miracle) story. This has been told other places
but in short, she almost didn’t survive birth and
was thought frozen to death until a can and the sun
acted as an incubator. Due to this, Eileen had kept
her longer to make sure she was unharmed before
finding her a home. Eileen told me Mireekle never
liked anyone, yet there she was in my lap. I was at
least 5 or 6 down the list for this particular dog
so I left with a heavy heart.
Eileen proceeded to cajole, coax, wheedle, persuade,
and convince those people to give up that dog so
that I could have her. I have thanked her and all
those people ever since. I was always a cat
person. I am now also a dog person.
Since then my husband and I were adopted by 9 year
old Nipnuk who retired from Eileen’s stud service,
Mist, a Siberian Husky rescue, and Sitka and Mia,
Klee Kais. Not to mention 5-6 cats depending on
when the counting took place, mostly rescues. The
house was also filled at one time with 4 generations
of family, very interesting. We currently have 2
Klee Kais and 5 cats. Also a fish tank.
I’m retired from a career in computers. When I
started, computers weren’t even a degree program
just an emphasis. I actually retired from Hewlett
Packard but only because they had bought Compaq
Computers which had bought Digital Equipment
Corporation. I worked from home towards the end
supporting high end customers. What can I say, I’m
a geek. I’m currently working with Photo Shop to
digitize my family photos. I also have done most
crafts at some time. Mostly I do cross-stitch,
sewing, doll clothes, stained glass, whatever I’m
currently checking out. I also read a lot, do cross
words (sometimes in ink), Sudoku, and watch movies.
Larry and I have one daughter, a son-in-law and
three grand kids. Technically I’m a wicked
step-mother, a role I rather enjoy, especially at
Halloween.
We currently live in Wolfforth outside Lubbock Texas
which is appropriate since Larry is from Maine and
I’m from California.
Kara Gamble
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