I am Grateful for .... the ultimate love story ♥

Ah…. Where to begin this week. What an exciting week for me J

Ok let me start by saying all of New Plymouth, and now the rest of NZ will, think I am certifiably insane, but that is ok, it is a hat I wear proudly … especially in this instance!

On Wednesday morning we found a wee little hedgehog in our driveway, through the morning while getting ready for the school run and work I tried to give it water and food but the little chap was in bad shape. I know if hedgehogs are out during the day it is generally not a good sign. As time to leave approached I could see it wasn’t going well, so gently put him in a box, dropped the girls off at school and went passed the vet.

FOR THE KIWI’S READING THIS: YES I TOOK A HEDGEHOG TO THE VET J It is called compassion.

Here is Hedgie (our name for it …. Original huh) before getting put in a stretch and carted off in the ambulance.

The whole day my mind was on Hedgie, so I called the vet (yes I know … call the mental hospital already) and they said the wee thing was still in bad shape and not looking good L My heart was heavy!!! The next morning could not come quick enough for me to call the vet again, and before I left for my Mom’s Taxi round I rang the vet again (Kiwi’s here is where you get over it already) and they told me the Hedgie was looking good, the wee critter had eaten and had some water and that if it (I don’t purposely want to call it and “it” but I don’t know whether it is a pink Hedgie or a blue Hedgie) continued to improve I could fetch it after work. I AM GRATEFUL FOR … Hedgie pulling through the night.

So after lunch I called again. A love affair was starting to blossom. And so I got the good news …. I could bring Hedgie home J So began the afternoon clock in slow motion …. Tick …… tock ………….. tick …………………….. t o c k …………………………………….   t  i   c   k    ……  and then race to the vet to get my baby. I AM GRATEFUL FOR … Hedgie making a remarkable recovery and being allowed home again.

When I got Hedgie home it was now a debate, where do we set it free? I was given instructions to put it back where we found it, but my inner voice was screaming that maybe the middle of the driveway was not the best place! We have garden but not a lot of sheltered foliage. Eventually I decided the best place was a bit of garden area behind our shed (that is a garage in the rest of the world) it has bush and shrub and trees, Hedgie was sure to find some yummy slugs and snails to much, it was sheltered from the elements and from most of the human world … yes that was prime piece of real estate in hedgie world, of that I was certain!

Here is Hedgie about to be set free again …

This is definitely the first, and probably the last you will see a photo of me included on the blog, but a love so strong needs to be shown to the world ♥

So down Hedgie went and off he scurried, a complete picture of health and a drastic improvement from the previous day. My heart was happy. Later that night I went to put out some food and saw hedgie rustling around it’s new piece of earth, happy!

So a whole day passed and last night I went out to put more food down and see if Hedgie was around or moved on, my eyes got more than they bargained for … 3 times as much in actual fact. My heart lept for absolute joy!!! There was not only my little Hedgie, but 2 others the same size as my wee one. I want to believe that they are maybe family, brothers and or sisters perhaps … who really knows. But Hedgie is there and happy and not alone … and for that I am really GRATEFUL … ♥♥♥

So that is my Hedgehog tale … Kiwi’s are welcome to commit me if they like, if my worst crime is loving and saving hedgehogs then I guess I have a lot to be grateful for.

Now something completely not Hedgie related … I know I do a lot of sunrises, but what a beautiful time of day. Look at the beauty that greeted us as we began on day on Wednesday … (the very day Hedgie got better and got to come home I might add)

Spectacular in word … I AM GRATEFUL FOR … each and every new day!

I have a lot to be grateful for this week!!!