I'm so sad...dog story

JustaMom
Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:47:39 +0000

So, the reunion with D was lovely. Initially. She was bright and happy. Once she settled into the car (not long, I mean we hadn’t even gotten out of the small airport) I broke the news. She was angry at first, that I waited, I explained my side (“family rule”), and she just agreed after about 5 minutes that there’s “no good time” - we cried. She asked for details. I provided them, and we cried some more. We dropped her things home, picked up her best friend, and went out for pie. We all laughed and cried. Mostly laughed. After coming home, she started sharing stories, I gave her a few pictures I’d gathered, and we cried. Nothing horrible, just sad tears. THEN…she asked “when are WE getting a new one?” So we talked about that, and before you knew it, we were looking on local shelter websites, and we came upon “Stream” (not crazy 'bout that name), a black lab, about a year old, with some eye issue (the rescue shelter called it “cherry eye”) which is being treated, and he will have surgery and all meds paid for, for live if need be, and there was something about this boy, that we both couldn’t stop looking at him. It’s amazing, but almost every dog in the rescues are small breed. And pit bulls. We’re more the medium/large types. Anyway, I sent an inquiry about “Stream” (gonna change that name if he comes here), and we’ll see what happens. I am not going to jump in, I am simply putting my toes in the water (stream?). We went to bed feeling OK. It was tough, but my kid is a champ!