https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3 By Kristin Von Kreisler Independent Reading Project {By Sarah Thomas} en-us 2017-10-31 13:21:41 UTC 2025-10-25 07:44:41 UTC hello@padlet.com sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202122475 This is a story about Bea, a beagle who is rescued from a laboratory that does research on animals. When Bea was found, she was riddled with anxiety and depression. This story explains how Bea was rescued and becomes a normal dog. Bea overcomes her fears and builds a relationship with her owners that end up learning more from her than she learns from them. One of the most important things Bea teaches Kristin is that goodness can be found in the most desolate places, and we can always recover from a setback.]]> 2017-10-31 13:32:10 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202122475 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202128606 2017-10-31 13:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202128606 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202339487 "And that question is: What is the meaning of life? Wise little Buddha that Bea was, she snuggled up and reminded me by  her own behavior that lies in loving all we can and giving what we have to help others"]]> 2017-10-31 22:07:46 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202339487 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202339836 But mostly, Bea had taught us about love. Sometimes I thought of her as a fur-wrapped, special-delivery package, sent from the cosmos solely to wake John and me up to love's extraordinary power -- which, we now know, could come most magnificently even from a small dog. Bea had given us so much more than we ever gave her, and she had loved us with such intensity and fervor.]]> 2017-10-31 22:12:17 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202339836 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202341096 Jan finally got to our house. With great kindness, she placed Bea on her pillow and gave her an injection. As our tears plopped down on the denim around her, Bea seemed to sink into herself. Then, in the last moment before her heart stopped beating, she raised her head. Though she'd been completely silent for a year, she let out a final, amazing, joyful "arrooo" Bea had met death, just as she'd met life, with a good bark.]]> 2017-10-31 22:25:15 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202341096 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202342726 http://kristinvonkreisler.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Kristin-201x300.jpg ]]> 2017-10-31 22:45:20 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202342726 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202344201 Other beagles like Bea are given a second chance and are being freed from laboratories.]]> 2017-10-31 23:00:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202344201 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202344880 Kristin Von Kreisler learned from Bea that if she was going to be successful she needed to find something that she cared for which was animals. She now writes about animals for a living.]]> 2017-10-31 23:07:00 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202344880 sthomas70 https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202347462 Bea's owner, Kristin, does lots of research about how to train dogs when she first finds Bea. ]]> 2017-10-31 23:34:56 UTC https://padlet.com/sthomas70/1eux4gfmgnp3/wish/202347462