Rather than continue to kavetch about my mouth sore that causes me to talk with a severe lisp and prevents me from eating a lot of stuff, I thought I would concentrate on Sugarbear and some of her puppy antics - the good ones, not the "chew up stuff" ones!
Today I took her for her morning walk, and she discovered dandelions! She sniffed all around, suddenly running one way, then another, rolling in ingleaves and anything else that moved.
Ahead of her lay a patch of dandelions, some bright yellow, some already gone to fluffy white seed. With a little bark, she jumped on the first yellow one at the edge of the patch, and neatly snipped off the blossom, tossing it in the air and chasing after it to toss it again. In the process, she disturbed a white fluffy dandelion, knocking loose all the parachute seeds which swirled about in the light breeze.
Excited by the floating whirling seeds, she dashed about, jumping in the air to try and catch them, yipping with delight when they brushed against her. Once the first batch settled down, she immediately looked around for another dandelion to disturb, and the game began again. We must have played with the flowers for a good half hour before she tired of it and we moved on for our walk.
She reminded me once again to stop and enjoy the many beautiful things God created for our pleasure. Happy moments are so much more necessary when you are in warfare and dealing with unpleasantness. Beauty lifts our sagging spirits and reminds us to put things in perspective. Seeing things fresh through the eyes of a child or a puppy just discovering the wonders we have become immune to helps us get back to the important things in life. Perhaps its worth putting up with a few chewed things to regain a better balance!
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