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Dog Missing for 7 Years Reunited with Family

Author Joel Katz
Poster taped to a concrete wall for a beloved missing pet dog a white Bichon Frise with offer of reward money. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)

A dog that’s been missing for seven years has been reunited with her family just in time for the holidays. Sadly, Jazzy ran away from her family in Texas when she was 5 years old, after being spooked by fireworks she ran off and was never heard from or seen again. Despite the family’s best efforts, her loving owners were unable to find her.

Seven years later, the Orange County Animal Services in Orlando, Florida, responded to the call of an abandoned dog at a hotel. Jazzy was suffering from a bad case of arthritis and the shelter feared they wouldn’t be able to adopt her out because of her health issues.

Workers scanned her microchip and found her original owners’ contact information, so they gave them a call. “When we called them, we gave them the surprise of a lifetime,” their post read. “They searched for her for a long time, and even after seven years, they never gave up hope.”

“We told them about her health issues, her current condition, and we let them know their options. They never hesitated. Kerry, Jazzy’s owner, jumped on a plane from Texas to Florida a few days later, and today, we reunited them,” the post continued. “It was a tearful reunion, and it was incredible to watch Jazzy come to life at her owner’s voice.”

The tear-jerking story added, “She licked his hand again and again and inched her body as close as she could to him. After all those years, her heart still remembered, and was finally whole.”

The post continued on the shelter’s Facebook page, “Our staff and volunteers have to endure heartache and heartbreak every day. Every now and then though, we get to watch something like this, and it makes every minute worth it. If we could bottle this type of love and give it to every adopter, we would. If we could write a happy ending like this for every one of our animals, we would.”

The shelter doesn’t know how Jazzy wound up in Florida, but they are thrilled she gets to live out her days back with her loving family.

 

My Favorite Christmas Movies As Chosen By Me

The headline is a little bit of an untruth because we don’t choose our favorite movies, they choose us. You can’t decide to like something, it just happens. With that in mind, I narrowed down my favorite Christmas movie list to three faves even though I’m sure that I could come up with many more.

I based each chosen movie on three different types of criteria so the results would provide somewhat of a variety of choices. I decided to choose my overall favorite, one that is entertaining and fun with some romance, and one that some people may not be familiar with or have seen, but I would recommend giving it a try because I enjoy it.

Let’s run down a quick list of movies that didn’t make the list, not because I don’t think they are good movies, but because they didn’t fit into the principles I established.

Home Alone, The Grinch, It’s a Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street…These are all good movies and I could list many, many more, however, here are the top three…

 

  • "Elf"

    41% of people have a “go-to” holiday movie. Mine is “Elf.”

    It is without a doubt my very favorite Christmas movie. I’ve already watched it multiple times this year. I’m sure you’ve seen it where Will Ferrell plays Buddy the elf. If you haven’t, “son of a nutcracker,” you need to watch it right now or you’re a “cotton-headed-ninny-muggins.” If you have seen it, what’s your favorite quote?” Here are a few more of the many memorable ones…

    “You sit on a throne of lies!”

    “That’s a nice purple dress, very purpley.”

    “I just like to smile, smiling’s my favorite.”

    And my favorite, “Francisco! That’s fun to say!”

  • "Love Actually"

    I love everything about this movie! It’s nine separate fun and funny love stories wrapped into one fantastic holiday movie. And check out this cast, Liam Neeson, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Alan Rickman, Colin Firth, and more. If you haven’t seen this movie, watch it right now!!!

     

  • "The Family Man"

    Tea Leoni’s character is so adorable and they live in JERSEY! Don Cheadle and Nicholas Cage too! Plus a soundtrack with U2, Talking Heads, and Elvis Costello…

    Whatever you favorites are, I hope you have a safe and happy holiday season!

Joel Katz is the Morning Show Personality, Assistant Program Director, Podcast Host, Voiceover artist, audio producer, and Digital Content Writer for Magic 98.3. Joel has been working in New Jersey radio since college and started at Magic in 2002 as the Morning Show Host, “I can’t think of another place where I’d fit more perfectly; it’s just a great company with awesome people.” Joel is married to Kathleen, his elementary school sweetheart (they were each other’s first dates at age 9), shares a birthday with his oldest son, Ty, and has twins, Kiera and Liam. Joel runs at least 3.1 miles every day and enjoys playing basketball, doing laundry, saving his turn signal for when he really needs it, kissing dogs through a fence, using coasters, making that cool noise by rubbing his fingers on balloons, and chasing after ping pong balls on a windy cruise ship.

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