Braxton's Journey: From Germany to a Forever Home

Ever wonder what happens to older shelter animals when everyone rushes past them for the cute puppies and kittens? Join me as I preview an upcoming special interview with Jerri Hayes from one of Georgia's finest animal rescues to share the remarkable journey of Braxton, my newly adopted senior cat from Germany. At nearly nine years old, Braxton represents countless overlooked animals waiting for their forever homes—a topic that's captured my heart and will hopefully inspire you to consider giving an older pet their second chance.

Throughout this preview episode, I touch on several powerful themes coming up in future installments. We'll explore the toxic nature of workplace gossip and why I firmly believe we shouldn't allow others to "rent space in our brains" with negative talk about colleagues or supervisors. This poisonous habit only clouds our judgment and breeds negativity in our lives—something I learned the hard way through personal experience.

I'm also diving deeper into jealousy with a follow-up to my popular "Poison of Jealousy" episode. This destructive emotion—described in scripture as "cruel as the grave"—deserves thorough examination, as does the self-destructive practice of holding grudges. Through these conversations, I hope to create a supportive space for listeners to reflect on their own experiences and find paths toward emotional healing. Whether you're struggling with workplace drama, personal relationships, or deciding on pet adoption, these upcoming episodes offer guidance and perspective from someone who's walked similar paths.

Have thoughts to share about these topics? Reach out to me at swarnregina@gmail.com —I'd love to hear your perspective or answer any questions about the podcast. And thank you to everyone who listens, shares, and supports this journey we're on together!

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Chapters

• 0:00 Welcome and Contact Information
• 3:06 Thanking Supporters and Podcast Hosting
• 5:12 Upcoming Episode on Senior Pet Adoption
• 8:33 The Dangers of Gossip
• 11:56 Future Episodes and Holding Grudges
• 14:43 Closing Thoughts and Contact Information

Transcript

Speaker 1: 0:55

Hello and good Sunday. Welcome back to another episode of Regina Soren Audio Series Presents Boy. This particular topic is not very long. Again, another bonus topic, another bonus subject I should say I want to speak on. I want to speak on and talk a little bit about some episodes that I have in the can that's coming up this week. I hope everybody's doing great.

Speaker 1: 1:28

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Speaker 1: 4:02

I woke up a little late because I've been kind of working a whole lot and so, god's willing, I'm off tomorrow so I get a chance to get a little rest, but yeah. So yeah, I got some podcasts, some very interesting podcasts, coming up. You guys know that I have a brand new cat, male cat, an older cat named Braxton yes, that's his name, braxton and I'm going to speak about how I went about adopting Braxton and I'm going to actually talk to the person that is probably the best rescue head of the best rescue here in Georgia and her name is Cherry Cherry Hayes. I'm going to speak to her about Braxton. I want to bring her on and interview her and let her tell Braxton's story. Braxton is from Germany, guys, and he she'll have to tell you. I'd rather for her to tell you and then I come on and just you know, and I'm going to be in the background, talking, asking questions, but, um, I want it hard to tell the story and why it is important to, um, give an older animal a chance.

Speaker 1: 5:29

You know, if you go to the humane society or you go to a place, a rescue place, um, the cute little kitties are so sweet and so darling, they're great, but sometimes those older pets, um, they've been waiting for a lifetime and some of them are seven, eight, nine. In braxton's case he's almost nine, and so giving the older cat or older animal, dog or whatever. A chance really is a life changer, a lifesaver for the animal, because they got a chance to live out the rest of their days in a good home. Some of them have been through a lot which you're going to hear. Braxton's story he's only from Germany, guys. Paxton's story uh, he's only from germany, guys. That's why I want the the um, the rescue um person to tell his story and I'm going to interview her. So I'm really excited about that.

Speaker 1: 6:29

Sometimes I like another person to tell the story, because me telling it, you know, it's good, but I'm all excited. But I want I want his story told by, uh, miss jerry hayes. Yay, so we got that podcast coming up and so it is important to adopt an older animal. Just give them a chance. I mean, you know they're there waiting. We always overlook the cute little dogs there's. Everybody get the cute little dogs that's little babies and and they overlook those older animals and they really, the older animals, need a, a home, a good home too. So jerry uh explained to me braxton, about braxton, because I was looking for another cat and um, she explained to me about him and, yeah, I was so happy I got him. You know, looking at him right now. He's a darling. He's a lap cat and he's a darling. He's so sweet, oh my god. And he's a birthday coming up in august. August is a very important month for me. It signifies um. My former late great pastor, mother ab jackson's anniversary every year was in august. My sister and I did um programs and concerts for the church the week before the anniversary climaxed. So August, it holds special memories for me. Yay, so, yeah. So I'm going to have Jerry, you know, to tell his story and I'm going to be interviewing her. So I'm very excited about that. Thank you for listening to the last podcast.

Speaker 1: 8:05

I spoke about a little bit of everything. I spoke about gossip. I hate gossip guys. I don't like being in the company of people who like talking about other people. I don't like mess starters. I'm not going to use the S word, but I don't like mess starters. You know, some people like to talk about other people when you are away from that person. But I'm the kind of person that say, okay, let's bring them all together. Okay, what you said to me, let's bring this out in the open, whatever you said about that person, if you cannot say that again, the very same thing in their face, then you to me are a coward, then you to me are a coward. So it's very important not to let people rent space in your brain talking about other people.

Speaker 1: 8:57

And when people want to talk about other people, a lot of times people want to bash the boss, the supervisor, the co-workers. I walk away from it because I don't want to hear that. I don't want to hear the negativity. I may have a picture of a person in my mind. I want to keep that picture of them. I don't want someone clouding my mind with your opinion, what you think, and so many times I've let that happen.

Speaker 1: 9:24

The last job I was on, I was not pleased with myself. At the other job I was on, I hung out with a lot of the wrong people. I just, oh God, I'm so happy in this space that I am a year later. God had to teach me to separate myself from so many things and so many people and I did that. God intervened. Go back and listen to the podcast I made how God intervened in your life. He will remove you from a situation for your own good.

Speaker 1: 9:57

So don't let people rent space in your brain, in your mind talking about your co-workers or talking about your boss, your manager, the, the supervisor, let it go. You may not agree with everything that they do, but sometimes it's good to tell people why don't you have a meeting, why don't you talk to the person instead of bashing? And personally, I talk to Jesus. I talk to the Lord. Okay, I go about things a lot differently than a lot of people, but I've learned just taking it to the Lord in prayer. It works for me and it may not work for other people, but that's my solution. So I do have a podcast about gossip. Again, it's going to be part two, strictly on gossip. I want to stay focused talking about the dangers of gossip. That's the name of a podcast that I have coming up the dangers of gossip. You got to listen to that, guys.

Speaker 1: 11:01

So many of you love my podcast about jealousy. I try to talk a lot about jealousy because I go through that so much. If I could wipe one thing away from the world, it would be jealousy, indie jealousy, and so you guys know how I feel about that. I wrote a song about it. But my next podcast is going to be part two. The first episode was the Poison of Jealousy. The next podcast is going to delve a little bit deeper More scripture, more events, more things that's happened in my life and possibly your life. I'm sure you've been through a lot of things yourself. So that jealousy man, there's a reason why the Bible would say it's as cruel as the grave. Oh, my God, it is. So that's another topic I'm going to be spending more time on and it's going to be part two, so you want to stay tuned for that.

Speaker 1: 12:05

I do have a lot of great podcasts coming up this week, next week, and so you want to stay glued to Regina Sword Audio Series Presents. Again, thank you all so much for your love, your support. You want to listen. I thank you. And yeah, and I'm also going to visit Holding Grudges again too, because I know this lady and I spoke to her about this.

Speaker 1: 12:37

She goes to church every single Sunday saying I love the Lord, I love the Lord, I love Jesus. Every single Sunday she breaks her neck going to church. But, yes, will she hold a grudge? This lady is holding a grudge right now against one of her family members, saying I'm done with her, I have nothing else to do with her. Now you can separate yourself from people, but to hold the grudge. You can do that carefully without holding a grudge, because when you hold grudges, the only thing that that is doing it is hurting you. So I don't care how much you go to church, I don't care how much you read your Bible, I don't care how much you're doing, it's in vain if you're sitting around holding grudges against someone else.

Speaker 1: 13:25

Free yourself from grudges. That's another topic. I'm going to visit that. Revisit that topic Because of this lady. I'm going to revisit that topic the importance of freeing yourself from holding grudges. So yeah, as I said, I got a lot of great podcasts coming up. Thank you so much for all who listen, who share, who like and who support this podcast. God bless you all. Hope you're having a great day, stay blessed, be safe out there and take care of yourself. Contact me once again at sorenruchina at gmailcom.