When I was growing up, I had a few friends that were adopted. To my utter embarrasement, my mom used to say to them "Your parents must have extra love for you!"... funny memory :P

I now know she meant that the love that comes with adopting is often times uniquely beautiful (and much like the love that God extends, as we are adopted into His family).

So I just couldn't pass up this story.. Mama cat adopts Rottweiler puppy (the picture is too cute!)

"Workers at the Meriden Humane Society are marveling at a short-haired mother cat that has adopted a 6-day-old Rottweiler puppy that was rejected by its mother.

The tiny pup, named Charlie by Humane Society volunteers, nurses alongside a jumble of black and gray kittens recently born to Satin, who was taken to the shelter by an owner unable to care for her."

Yay for Charlie! :)