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Wordless Wednesday

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T O T T

 

 

Tongue Out Tuesday Tot!

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Ma til de

 

 

We are bonding

I want to be her best friend

I want her to reach out her arms to me

I can’t wait til she runs up to me

and throws her arms around my knees

I can’t wait til she calls me

to tell me she has lost her first tooth

to tell me she wears big girl panties

to tell me about her first day of kindergarten

I want to hold her when life is not fair

I want her life to always be fair

I want to share her smiles far more often

than I dry her tears

Smiles or tears

I will always be here for her

I am Yaya

and we are bonding

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I Hate Math

I have always hated math.

Numbers are not my friend.

I barely made it through Geometry in school,

although I learned new languages with ease.

I love words.

Words are usually my friends.

This week I heard some words mixed with numbers.

Remember numbers are not my friend.

My mother has 3 to 6 months to live.

I hate these words and numbers.

I love my mother and was not ready to hear these words.

I don’t have any more words right now.

 

 

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Love is Blind

 

Love is Blind

So is my dog

I tell him I love him with gentle pats and words

He tells me he loves me with his head on my knee

or my shoulder

or my foot

or by standing between  my feet

or by my side

He has to touch me more these days and that’s ok

He cocks his head to listen for me

He raises his nose in the air and sniffs for me

I am grateful he can’t see my tears

I know that he feels my sorrow

and I am working on that

and I am waiting for joy to return to both of our lives

I could take the pain away but I can’t take away the dark

or the confusion

All I can do is love him for the rest of his days

Love is blind

So is my dog

 

 

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Wordless Wednesday

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Prayer for Pete

 

This was my prayer for Pete’s first birthday.

Now that he is eight years old and blind from Glaucoma, I pray again.

 

 

St. Francis, please protect my heart dog.

Please ease the confusion blindness has brought to his life.

This dog is a product of irresponsible backyard breeders.

He does not deserve the pain from Glaucoma and his bad hips.

Please guide me in making the right decisions for him.

Please guide the vets who care for him.

Protect and love him all of his days, as I promise to do.

When the time comes for him to leave, please give me strength.

In the meantime, a little mercy, if it is not too much to ask.

His heart is good, even if his eyes and hips are not.

His soul is pure and he does not deserve to suffer.

I pray this with all my heart and my soul.

 

Pete’s Mom, who rescues dogs and birds and who would take their pain in a heartbeat, if it meant they would not suffer.

 

 

 

 

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Why Did The Turtle Cross The Road?

For Throwback Thursday!!!

gspotsylvania

Eastern Box turtle

with a little friendly help

flew across the road!

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Wordless Wednesday

 

 

 

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A Boy and His Schtick

Autumnal playtime

Mother Nature makes the toys

Bruno destroys them

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