sad day

Yesterday was a pretty depressing day for David and I. At about 5:00am (David was already at work) I hear this really loud dog fight. I run out to see Alicia and another brown dog going at it (we believe probably an Alpha female thing). Another tenant on the property got them to stop, and Alicia came crawling back to our front porch with a ripped ear, and bites all over her. She was pretty bloody. The other dog seemed fine.
Since we are only renters, and Alicia was a stray when we moved in, I thought it best to go seek peace from the landlords. Although we love Alicia, we didn't want to ruin any neighborly relations in the process of restoring health to this dog. Our landlords expressed their desire for her to go to the humane society. Although just the thought of that broke my heart, I knew by looking at her pretty bloodied and really thin (although we were feeding her 3 times a day) that was probably the best thing for her.
So yesterday we loaded her up and David drove her to the humane society. They assured us that they would do everything possible to get her back to good health and find her a good home. I tell you, we'd adopt that dog in a heartbeat if we could. Although she probably has a past of abuse and neglect, when David and I reached out to love her and care for her needs she was the most loyal dog we've ever seen. It takes her a while to warm up to someone, she has major trust issues, and just wants to bolt when someone she doesn't know gets within 5 feet of her, but once she warms up, she is such a good companion and so loyal.
So why did God put her in our life for 2 weeks and then take her away? I don't know. But if we hadn't built that trust with her 2 weeks ago, she would still be a starving stray on the street... and she wouldn't have been able to get the help she needed after that dog fight yesterday. So if our role was to just get her to a place where she could get the help she needs and find a home that will love her...well I guess our job is done, as much as we'd love to be that home for her.

Gosh, who knew we could get so attached in 2 weeks. Once again life doesn't make sense, but we have to think that God has a bigger plan.