Every night I thank God for everything I’ve been given in life, including my three children, but tonight I noticed I’ve never thank God for my two dogs; Lady(Lassa poodle) and Scrappy(shih-tzu).I had the fortune of never choosing my dogs; they came to my life because they needed a better home, or maybe not a “better home” but a home where they could get a better treatment.
The day my daughter left home, she knew I was going to miss her tremendously. The animal hospital where she worked offered her a female dog in need of a new home. She asked me to pick up the dog. She added: her name is lady, she’ll keep you company when you miss me. I got tears in my eyes thinking, how a dog was going to fill the void that my daughter was leaving in my life!
Scrappy had to travel first class in United Airlines from Wylie, Texas. I invested half his price as a gift to my grandson; the baby dog was only three weeks old when we acquired him. Soon after my granddaughter was born, as soon as she started crawling, her mother didn’t think it was hygienic for her six months little girl to play with the dog. I think you guess the rest.
My dogs are very smart, they act accordingly if I'm sad or happy. How much they know impresses me on a daily basis. I mostly appreciate about Lady and Scrappy the unconditional love and loyalty they show for me every minute of my life. They are my ears and my eyes when am not actually looking or listening. They don’t ask for anything. My love and attention for these God’s creatures grow bigger as I think of how vulnerable they can be, that I must love them until death do us apart. To care for them in exchange of all the things I previously mention, and much, much more.
Thank you God because when my two boys got married, and my daughter was ready to experience life on her own, you gave me two dogs that taught me of how love must be given: Unconditional. Now I am positive that they do more for me than what I do for them.
