A very old stray {The Old Fella Story}
Went camping this weekend at a campground on the lake, had not been there for a few years. Once there I began to walk around looking at the different sites when I noticed a very old dog. He just lay t...
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This afternoon was kind of sad for us as we said goodbye to some friends. The wife is dying with liver cancer and has only a very short time to live. Her husband is moving her closer to her family taking with him his 80 year old father and three children, one of which is only two years old. His father has been a friend of the family most of my life and has done most of the repairs and remolding of the home Sue and I live in.
He has three dogs, two of which we found homes for. The other will have to be put down as he has bitten two people recently. So Monday I will go over to their home with the city dog catcher and get Roscoe and have him put to sleep. I watched Roscoe today as he was chained to a fence and thought he doesn't understand what is happening and completely confused about the whole thing. Roscoe was kept in the house and will have to spend the night outside tonight and Sunday night chained because there is no where to take him. I was unaware that they were leaving him until this afternoon, too late to make arrangements for him.
I guess with all that is going on it is difficult to think about everything as my friend is watching as his wife is preparing herself for the day that she will pass from this life. Last night Sue and I carried a meal over for them and talked with them for a while. It's hard to watch a young mother and wife suffer so much, not being able to do anything but pray and bring comfort as best as you can. It's little solice to small children who don't understand why their mother is dying and they are having to leave their home they have lived in all of their lives. Roscoe sits out by the fence wagging his tail and pulling against the chain that holds him to the fence wanting to go inside the house that is now empty. As his family leaves he watches wondering why he isn't going, little does he realize what fate holds for him Monday.
I hug Old Fella, Suzie, Levi and Sue and thank God that isn't us. Izzie walks by and rubs my leg so that I don't forget him as well. Somehow life doesn't seem fair when it hands you a deck that is stacked against you. So I thank God for our blessings and sit back in the comfort of my home surrounded by all the love one man could possibly have A wife who loves me more than she should. My children and grandchildren that I have been blessed with and the unconditional love that is poured out on me every day from those creatures that God gave to increase our knowledge of what real love is all about. How blessed I am to have been loved so much, it's a shame it took me a life time to discover what our journey here is all about. It's learning the simplest thing and that is to love as much as you can while you can and never regret having loved with all of your heart and rejoice in the tears that were shed because you couldn't do more.
He has three dogs, two of which we found homes for. The other will have to be put down as he has bitten two people recently. So Monday I will go over to their home with the city dog catcher and get Roscoe and have him put to sleep. I watched Roscoe today as he was chained to a fence and thought he doesn't understand what is happening and completely confused about the whole thing. Roscoe was kept in the house and will have to spend the night outside tonight and Sunday night chained because there is no where to take him. I was unaware that they were leaving him until this afternoon, too late to make arrangements for him.
I guess with all that is going on it is difficult to think about everything as my friend is watching as his wife is preparing herself for the day that she will pass from this life. Last night Sue and I carried a meal over for them and talked with them for a while. It's hard to watch a young mother and wife suffer so much, not being able to do anything but pray and bring comfort as best as you can. It's little solice to small children who don't understand why their mother is dying and they are having to leave their home they have lived in all of their lives. Roscoe sits out by the fence wagging his tail and pulling against the chain that holds him to the fence wanting to go inside the house that is now empty. As his family leaves he watches wondering why he isn't going, little does he realize what fate holds for him Monday.
I hug Old Fella, Suzie, Levi and Sue and thank God that isn't us. Izzie walks by and rubs my leg so that I don't forget him as well. Somehow life doesn't seem fair when it hands you a deck that is stacked against you. So I thank God for our blessings and sit back in the comfort of my home surrounded by all the love one man could possibly have A wife who loves me more than she should. My children and grandchildren that I have been blessed with and the unconditional love that is poured out on me every day from those creatures that God gave to increase our knowledge of what real love is all about. How blessed I am to have been loved so much, it's a shame it took me a life time to discover what our journey here is all about. It's learning the simplest thing and that is to love as much as you can while you can and never regret having loved with all of your heart and rejoice in the tears that were shed because you couldn't do more.
