Sunday morning, the house was quiet (late night for the
kids) and I was having my coffee with Darcy over the phone. After our morning chat I strapped on my
shoes, grabbed the leash and headed out to get the dog for a walk. What I wasn’t expecting was for her to meet
me with a nose and mouth full of quills.
We have a litter of kittens, 9 to be exact, who were born in her house. She has been very protective of them and
won’t let unwelcome guests near; I guess that included the porcupine.
It so happened that
Sunday was a big day for us, as three members in our family were getting
baptized. The last place I had planned
to be was sitting on the veterinarian clinics floor with our dog, waiting for
her to wake up. I couldn’t help but feel disappointed at
missing the morning, however, I also realized that sometimes we are needed in
other places, whether it be away from home working, with loved ones who are
sick or sitting with a dopey dog wondering how am I going to lift her in the
vehicle? Life has a way of throwing
monkey wrenches in to best made plans and intentions.
Our life is kind of a fly by the seat of your pants one. A
phone call can come any day and any time, and off to work Darc heads. In our
family we are quite familiar with members being in different parts of the
province at any given time. It sucks, but it is sometimes necessary, as the
bills won’t pay themselves. I am very
grateful to Darcy for doing what he does, as I know it’s not easy for him to
leave his family and home and is difficult to get in the training he wants with
the schedule he has. I honestly don’t think I could do it. I think what we continue to learn in our
family, is how important it is to take advantage of the time that we are
together. This can be hard sometimes because
there is always that LIST of things that need to be done. I think we are slowly learning that sometimes
projects can wait another day. Let’s go
for a bike ride instead, or let’s pretend we didn’t look at the clock and see
it was pass bedtime and go toss a baseball around instead.
We might not always be exactly where we want, but there are
times when there isn’t a lot of choice.
The best we can do is be grateful for what we have and enjoy the times we
are given.
Alana Regier
Aww man, quills! Not fun. Been there with all dogs so I hear ya!
ReplyDeleteI learned this in a course I was in years ago that had to do with lists. If you have a sizable list, look at the list and make 2 lists from that. One is to include "have to" and these are things that the earth will shatter if you don't do. The other list is the "shoulds". Here's the important part: burn the "should" list as it's nothing more than a fast track to overwhelm. This method saved my sanity.