Enjoy those Moments...

In every difficult time, comes something positive.  This has been a trying few weeks.  I've lost close friends and have had friends who have lost those close to them.  My wife and I witnessed our first home together torn down by the hospital two days ago and last night we 'thankfully' found our dog eating 'rat' poison which the exterminators had precautionarily put down earlier that morning in a garage at my wife's work.  

I say 'thankfully' because we were able to get him to the Vet safely ended up with Brody the Puppy at the doctor last night.  Here's some quick background. One year ago this week, my wife and I learned that our first dog, Rugby, had liver cancer from which he passed a few weeks later right before Christmas.   My daughter equates going to the Vet as a place where dogs go to die...and, that brings a tear to my eye.  At one point, Heaven (according to my daughter) was 'down by the ice cream store' (Carvel on the Golden Strip).  She explained to me once that that is where Nana and Rugby were in 'Heaven' (on the Golden Strip).  Animal and Avian Hospital was that place for Charley.  So, you can see where I am going with this...last night when we took Brody to see Dr. Winton, Charley felt we were taking Brody to Heaven...again, tears down my cheeks.

Well, we had one of those moments as we sat in the waiting room (by the way Brody is fine and he had a Huge belly full of the poison!!!).  Dr. Winton explained to us that he would be keeping Brody over night, but he had something to show Charley.  That is when he created one of those life-lasting memories.  As Charley continued to be sad, Dr. Winton brought out a small cardboard box and in that box will be a memory which my daughter, wife and I will never forget-- three 30-minute old puppies.   Immediately, Charley learned that life, not always death, blooms at the Vet.  As Charley held one of those puppies, her tears left her eyes and memories poured in.  And, as that moment continued, I felt the need to share it with you and to record it forever with these photos.

 

Enjoy moments like these...