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“Have patience with all things but first of all with yourself.” —Francis de Sales All things includes all things. Even dogs. And especially Frankie. Many of you have probably smiled at the story you might sometimes hear Christians share about how a woman asked a preacher to pray with her to help her have more patience. As the story goes, the …
In the country when I was a kid, if a cat or dog showed up on your farm, you automatically assumed somebody had dropped it. That meant we suspected they had taken an unwanted pet for a ride and shoved them out beside the road a good distance away from their house. I’ve made pets of at least three dogs …
Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, even there your hand will guide me, …
On the Friday after Thanksgiving in 2017, I went dog shopping. A couple of months before that I lost my best dog ever Oscar to bone cancer. He was only seven and I had hoped for at least two or three more years with him. He was a big lab mix and without a doubt, a person in a dog …
Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the present. ~Bill Keane Have you ever felt that each Sunday when you get up and have the privilege of going to church before having time with family or just resting time is a blessed gift? Maybe you feel that way every …
“Happiness held is the seed; Happiness shared is the flower.” ~John Harrigan We built a fence this morning. Well, we put it together anyway. Some years ago after we built a room over our old cistern and added a deck to the house, my husband, sweet man that his is, decided to make me a flowerbed running along part of …
“A flower blossoms for its own joy.” ~Oscar Wilde The dogs and I went wildflower hunting, and in spite of how winter has seemed to hold on past its time, we found plenty. Well, I admit that I was more interested in the wildflowers than my furry walking buddies even if it does look here as though Frankie might be thinking …
“An animal’s eyes have the power to speak a great language.” — Martin Buber If you’ve ever had a pet, especially one you raised from a puppy or kitten or adopted from a shelter, you probably had to come up with a name for your pet. I say had to but naming a pet is one of the fun things …
“Dogs are great. Bad dogs, if you can really call them that, are perhaps the greatest of them all.”—John Grogan Any of you who follow me here on my blog or my Facebook page, know Frankie. I wouldn’t call him a “bad” dog. Instead I like to say he’s a good dog some of the time and as the years …
Years ago, I started walking with my dogs early in the mornings. First I had my best ever dog, Oscar, along with me. Later, after Oscar crossed the rainbow bridge, I got Frankie and then Marley who go for my morning walks with me now. On my Facebook author page, I started inviting my FB friends to go along with …