I want to tell you a quick story about our Marketing Director, Deb Kern. Now, I know the term “Marketing Director” might conjure up thoughts of a slick salesperson who’s out to create an image regardless of reality. But that is not our Deb Kern.
Deb and Figaro
The coolest thing about HSHV is that we have all of these wonderfully smart and talented people–but they are also people with real heart, and Deb is no exception. She is dedicated, hard working, super talented and full of love and passion for what we do.
Sadly, Deb lost her much beloved cat Figaro suddenly last week. She was understandably devastated. He was her baby. But working here Deb knows that the cats can’t afford for us to linger too long in our grief. There are just too many who need us now. So within a few days she found a cat that came here as a sickly itty bitty kitten and has been passed by for so long that he’s now an adult. No matter the great care we give, it’s always sad when an animal stays so long that they grow up here.
She picked him largely because he needed her. But it turns out Murphy is the perfect cat. A playful and delightfully happy guy, he lies in her arms like a baby and stretches out for big belly rubs. Why he was passed by for so long is a mystery. But Deb, in her willingness to open her injured heart to another cat so quickly, found herself a hidden gem. She knows he won’t ever replace her Figaro, but he will help repair her heart.
Deb and Murphy
A wonderful, touching…using my kleenex right now…Holiday story!