puppy love

Sitting here with our newest puppy is making me laugh.  What was a small ball of fur had grown into a 6 month old moose!  Her sweet little paws have grown to "Scooby Doo"" status according to my husband.  she is pushing 30 pounds of craziness.  Absolutely obsessed with playing squeaky ball, she has scratched my arms raw the past few weeks trying to prompt me to play!  She has to be watched like a hawk to avoid typical puppy disasters.  But she loves us with all of her crazy heart. We have all fallen under her spell.

But in all honesty, she wasn't in the plan.  We had a beautiful, mellow, easy going chocolate lab.  At 15 years old she still managed to destroy the trash once a week and swim in the pond like a champ.  She was the perfect dog for CJ, so she left us to join him the week after he passed away. 

We had so many plans, and with the blink of an eye everything changed.  Our oldest daughter is out of state on a semester internship instead of downtown finishing her junior year of college. I'm unemployed.  We moved into a 5 bedroom house expecting it to be brimming with the people we love, and instead many weekends I'm here alone. 

Not alone actually.  I have the dogs.  College kiddo's cocker spaniel, and our crazy Bonnie pup. 

So when you make plans, what do you do when the rug is ripped out from under your feet?  When life seems so unfair and cruel, where do you begin to put a new plan in action?

You take a deep breath, let the tears flow, and allow some crazy love back into your life.

Get a puppy!   Allow yourself some craziness.  #doitforcj