When it is cold and snowy....with more expected, and I am counting down the days 'til spring but they are passing a little to slowly.... When I am feeling overworked, underpaid, worried.... When I am feeling cold and tired.... I look in the eyes of my sweet Allie Cat. I trudge outside to shovel and she thinks it's a game....and soon enough, she wins and I am playing and laughing. I look out the window at the snow...and I see her...sitting in her favorite spot...looking all around...making sure that no one....no thing is even thinking about bothering her humans.
We still have a little training to do, there are still papers and toilet paper getting eaten. She still tries to steal cat food and the garbage. Sometimes she gets in our way when we have things to do, sometimes she wants to play when we don't. She always wants to make sure of where we are, what we are up to....she always wants to make sure we are ok. There are those times when she comes in from outside a muddy happy mess..... And there are those times when I watch her lying so quietly like a sleeping baby....and I just sit and smile and watch her little being...finally taking a rest.
It was a big decision...deciding to bring her into our family. I gave it lots of thought. But now...although we still have some work to do...because I am a novice dog trainer...we simply can not imagine our life without our sweet girl in it.
Today....when I needed inspiration....I trudged outside in the snow to do a little snow removal....and I came back in with a grateful and joyous heart. Love you Miss Allie Cat!!
“In a dog's life, some plaster would fall, some cushions would open, some rugs would shred. Like any relationship, this one had its costs. They were costs we came to accept and balance against the joy and amusement and protection and companionship he gave us.”
~ John Grogan
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