Our loving Heavenly Father has a beautiful way of healing and loving each one of us individually, as He knows what we need. He knows me better than I know myself, heals me better than I could ever hope for and blesses my heart.
On Saturday, D, M and I went to the animal shelter for D to choose a dog of his own. We tried out a few dogs, but none of them were right for him, in his opinion. So we looked at cats and kittens, and we came home with a kitten which he named Princess. Yesterday, we took the kitten for a well check at the vet, and as it turns out, she is a he, so now his name is Prince. He is gray with white legs and a partial white face and he is really adorable at about 4-5 weeks. I am not technically a cat person, but it is fun to see his personality grow and become more brave in the house, even chasing D around. Both boys LOVE to hold him, and on Saturday night, I was so done with all of the arguing over the kitten that Don and I discussed the need for M to have his own pet. For the safety of a little animal, we decided that a dog would be best.
My dear friend, GB, had graciously offered her six year old golden retriever, Shawnie. So on Sunday, we went to pick up Shawnie on a one week trial period. I have loved her for more than a year, so it was not hard to bring her into our family. And now sharing the past three days with her, I'm pretty convinced that she is a keeper. Nobody will ever take Malden's special place, but Shawnie is truly blessing me with healing. She is a very sweet and loving dog who adores everyone, even the little rat of a kitten who likes to lay right by her. Shawnie is doing great on our walks and I can even call her off of her interest in a passing cat or bird. She loves the water, which is a new thing to me, so I have to distract her when we walk by the tadpole pond, which she found yesterday. I love Shawnie's gentle way, and her silly habits: she knows how to take socks off of a person's feet, and she loves to carry around tennis balls. She sleeps by my side of the bed at night and watches out for the boys whenever we are all outside. Although I think that she is not a morning dog, she willingly goes out with me in early morning for our walk together.
Thank you Heavenly Father for your healing plan for me.
To all of you reading, thank you for your thoughts and prayers, Love, K
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what a blessing you have received! I am so happy for all of you to get such precious kitten and dog. The boys are so cute about them both that is wonderful. We agree no one will take the place of Malden but we all have hearts big enough to add a few new members of our CA family. We can't wait to met them both.
ReplyDeletewe love you all so much, Mom K