Stephanie Boydston–founder and director of Love Life Animal Rescue & Sanctuary, a refuge in Myakka City, FL devoted to rescuing, rehabilitating and re-homing farmed animals—recalls a childhood in Long Island, NY amidst a string of foster animals, reflecting her father’s belief that family members should become accustomed to saying goodbye to animals.
These were mostly cats and dogs, which Boydston enthusiastically recollects loving equally—though eventually, begrudgingly, reveals a senior feline named Willow was her fave in those days.
A pivotal part of the Stephanie Boydston narrative was, while still going to school in NY, she began snowbirding, bouncing back and forth from Fort Lauderdale and other parts of Florida…