December 21, 2017

Greetings My Friend,

Daisy is 7 pounds, 10 years old and the sweetest little poodle. She and I are glued at the hip, I love to carry her around as I walk through the house then I set her near where I am working picking her up to go with me when I move to another room again. Daisy counter acts my balance issues with Parkinson's, I take care of her problems since she is blind and we make a great team. Whenever I am able to take her around town, into stores I bring her along, setting her in the shopping cart as we shop or leaving her in the truck so that I get to snuggle on her when I return to the truck since she is not allowed to go into all stores. She draws people's smiles, some people come over to pet her and talk with me about their little dog, their loneliness, or whatever. I enjoy the chance to chat with people to bring a bit of joy to people. If time allows and the person wants to talk then I tell them how she has brought me back to life, that she is a gift from God. Junior and I strive to take care of all of our fur children by getting their check ups, recently the Vet felt it was time to clean her teeth. I know my cat Alex started needing his teeth cleaned when he got older even though I fed him dry cat food so I took this in stride as we dropped her off at the Vet.She was 6 years old when we adopted her and we were the 4th owner which surprised me since she is the sweetest little girl. Daisy knows without a doubt that she is in her forever home which comforts me. She has become part of the pack of dogs although she does not romp around with them and her favorite is our alpha dog Val. Now that I know what is wrong with me and I am on the right medication I am able to walk about the yard as a form of exercise. We have 9 acres with 8 being mostly woods so I have quite a bit of walking I can do as I gather the fresh produce that grows wild like raspberries, blackberries, chestnuts, walnuts and pawpaw's. As fall comes along I go out looking for kindling and Daisy goes with me with each trip. She loves when we get to the fenced in part of the yard, I let her our of the walker basket, she explores while I gather the fruits or kindling. Imagine my surprise when we went to pick Daisy up at  the Vet to find that she had 14 teeth pulled, she was so pitiful as Junior placed her in my lap, she had just gotten out of her surgery. I slept in the recliner with her that night. I don't know what Daisy was fed before we got her, with us she gets a chicken bone or a pork chop bone several days a week, we give her dental sticks to chew so we have attempted to take care of her teeth. After Wednesday night prayer meeting, I asked Terri to pray for Daisy the night before the surgery, she said she would. I prayed for her as well and I believe God watched over Daisy because when they took Daisy's blood to see if there was any infection in her system she had none. I believe God heard the prayers and blessed us with no infection. I am thankful that God is in the details of my life, does not mind me praying for our fur children even. I believe Daisy should be around a few more years which makes me happy, we will be a team for awhile longer. May God bless you and keep you make His face shine on you. Love Janet