Unsung heroes

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I have a Christmas story for you, it is only a Christmas story because of the time of year. This story is about 5 wonderful men who have been helping my daughter and me in our rescue of animals and other belongings for our friend who is in jail. The weather has been icy and the roads all but impassable for most of this story, we are all having to travel about 25 miles into the mountains to do the work necessary. We had 8 dogs, 5 goats, two cows and multiple chickens that needed immediate care, the water was frozen so we were hauling water and feed to all these animals. My first hero is J he is a contractor with two small children to care for, he has a crew of about 5 men who he has been finding small jobs for so that they can feed their families and jobs are very few around here so just finding the work is a full time job. For the last two weeks he has helped us in the rescue about 5 hours a day doing anything that was necessary, please understand that all involved in this have little to no money. The next hero is D who has traveled up to feed and care for animals two times each day, he was able to take one of the dogs into his care to foster until a home could be found. He hauled water and fed the animals that remained. The third hero is B he owns a ranch that could take the goats and cows, these are elderly animals and needed a retirement home for the rest of their lives, he took time each day to visit and help where he could until the road thawed enough to get a stock trailer in. He did this for about 2 weeks. The fourth hero is A and he provided space for two dogs and storage for belongings of the owner's personal property. Money came from him and other equipment needed to get water to the animals. Then F showed up, he had been working in another state and returned to do most of the heavy lifting and hauling. All this done in the mud and ice. Two weeks into this all that remains is the relocation of the 30 chickens. All other animals are safely housed. An area for the chickens must be built and all these guys will help this week-end to build this. All this work was done for free, time that would have been spent on other things in their lives was given to the project and a simple thank you plus the knowledge that they helped is what they receive in return. So let's all give them a hand and then look around and see how many other unsoung heroes there are in our lives.