Angel Wings

I did it!  I earned my angel wings on July 25th, 2017.  My words are in my mom's heart so she knows what to type for my last post.  Heaven is great!  I feel great!  My hips don't hurt.  I can run, jump and play again.  My belly doesn't hurt.  I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want and best of all, no more pills.  Big G is just great.  It took me a few weeks to train Him on my daily routine but He's finally figured out that I really enjoy walkies.  He matched me with some other angels that enjoy walkies so we kind of have our own walkies club, now.  God also trained me on my new duties.  And guess what my new job is.  I get to be Guardian Angel over Nate, Sam, Mommy and Daddy!  It's a very important job and sometimes not so easy especially when they are all over the place.  Daddy at work, mommy at work, boys at camp...why can't they just stay together like a good herd?

I'm so blessed to have such a great family.  Mommy and Daddy rescued me 11 years ago from the most depressing place ever.  A shelter.  As soon as they brought me to their home, I made a promise to them to love them no matter what.  And an amazing thing happened, they loved me right back.  I had never felt that before.  No one had ever loved me.  Then that led to another amazing thing, mommy and daddy included me in every thing they did.  Ultimate frisbee games, hikes, swims, vacations (the beach the mountains and everywhere in between), bbqs, holidays, even going to work with Mommy.  I knew they loved me because they never once complained when I took them on 3-5 walkies a day.  And then one day, I REALLY knew they loved me when they brought home my very own baby.  I don't know what it is about those cute, hairless, soft and pudgy little things but I just love babies.  They smell good, you know?  And then 18 months later, mommy and daddy brought home another baby!  Nate and Sam are my little brothers and I cherish them with all my heart.  My job was and always will be to look after them.  I'll still be with them at bedtime stories, walking to the bus stop, vacations, playing in the yard, swimming, movie nights, sports practices.  

I know how much my family misses me and how sad they are right now.  But I am ALWAYS with them and always watching over them.  With the help of my new buddy, God, I was able to answer Mommy's prayer and send my family a sign that I am feeling great.  No more pain.  I'm happy.  I'm miss them too but we will all be together again someday and in the mean time, I'm in their hearts.  Always and forever.

Thank you for reading my blog.  I hope I've inspired other dogs to go out there and find great families.  My biggest advice is to love.  Love your family with every part of your body and soul and I promise the love will come right back to you.  God Bless!

Enjoying Lazy Days

The season has changed into warm summer.  I used to love to lay in the sun but the cool grass is what soothes me now.  Especially if a little bro will join me.  I really like to go for slow, long walks in the cool mornings.  I'm hungry but food tastes like something a skunk got too close to. Mommy thinks she's clever by wrapping all my pills in salami but I know what's in there.  Salami is just too hard to resist, though.  Pills, pills and more pills.  And more salami!!!  Yippeee!   

Old But Not Out

 I'm still here!!!!  

I don't feel great but I'm still here.  I have to take a lot of medicine and my food tastes horrible these days so I've lost a little weight but maybe I needed that anyway.  I have to go to the doctor quite a bit.  I hate it.  Mommy takes me.  I know when we're going because she promises me she'll take me to the park after we make a stop at the vet.  I used to go limp and refuse to get out of the car but I realized I was upsetting Mommy so now I figure it's better just to go in the building and get it over with.  For some reason, my belly is always bare now.  And it's COLD!  Something called chemo is keeping my hair from growing back.  I look ridiculous.  The worst part of going to the doc is that someone comes out to the waiting room and takes me from my mom.  Then they take me into a dark room and make me lie down on my side.  Then the worst thing ever.  Cold slime is rubbed all over my belly and a man pushes a hard stick against my skin.  Does not feel good.  I can see a small TV screen and I'm not sure what the images are but I'm almost positive I'm not pregnant.  What are they looking at?  Oh, the man says something about a tumor in something called my liver.  Then I hear him say "Looks good!  The tumor hasn't grown at all in 10 weeks!"  OK.  I guess that's good news.  Can I go home now?  No.  More poking and prodding and then I finally get brought back out to Mommy.  YES!  Off to the park.

My last post was so long ago that I've included pics spanning quite a few months.  The boys had a great cross country season.  Both guys posted PRs all season long.  I went to nearly every practice and one meet.  Lori Maguire took amazing pics of us on a super hot day in the fall.  Then came the holidays.  I love Christmas!  But lately, my most favorite activity is to walk Nate and Sam to the bus stop every morning.  I make sure the boys get on the bus and then the driver, Mr. Jimmy, gives me a treat.  I'm proud of a job well done.