Today is a sad day!! We are having to put our wonderful dog, Tito, down this afternoon. He was a birthday present to my daughter nearly 14 years ago. When we learned that she had a chronic illness called ITP, diagnosed when she was nearly 10 years old, he knew something was different. When her platelets would start to drop we knew it before any of her symptoms occured because he would not leave her side. He was within 6 inches of her no matter where she went and if she sat down or went to bed....he was on her lap or snuggled as close to her as he could get. It never failed....not long after that behavior would begin her symptoms would begin and we would end up at the hospital in Rapid City, SD again.
He was her bestest friend as she grew up. She could tell him anything and he kept it secret. She would be sad and cry and he would sit beside her comforting her as best he could. When she was happy....he celebrated with her. He had his own birthday party and presents every year. On the morning of his birthday....he knew something was up and that this would be the day he would be treated even more special that usual!!!! His eyes sparkled a little more and his tail was straight up in the air and he didn't just walk....he pranced!!! He even had his own "cake".
Now his eyes have dimmed with cataracts. He is unable to process the nourishment in his food so is very thin and increasingly weak. It is hard for him to stand very long but he still insists on trying to find Shallon or I so he can sit beside us. He will be so much better in heaven with my son, Brent. We know that they will both be waiting for us someday but we will miss him so very very much. He has been a friend and part of our family.
Tito was not just a "dog" or even an "animal"........he was a soul who came to give us unconditional love and comfort.
Hug your dog a little tighter!!!!!!
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
What Does Sarah Palin have that I don't?
I saw the advertisement for the "Sarah Palin" show the other day and some celebrity was tromping around through the Alaskan Bush falling over logs and falling into holes and Sarah Palin stood there with her trusty gun and the beauty of Alaska behind her. I asked myself "What does Sarah Palin have that I don't have, besides tv cameras following her all over which constitutes her own tv show?" Whew that was a long sentence!!
Ok let us analyze this:
#1: I have a gun. Which I think is ok because we have the right to bear
arms. I never use it though as I don't hunt. Looks good over the fireplace though!!
#2: I have kids.....five of them living. I lost a son, 36 years old,
a few years ago. I always thought I knew what pain was until then. I had no clue how bad a heart could hurt and how bad a soul could feel with a hole in it!!! Sarah Palin hasn't felt that and I pray she never will.
#3: I have grandchildren. 16 grandsons and 3 granddaughters (#20 on the way in May!!) I have Sarah out numbered on that one!
#4: I have a dysfuctional family! Don't we all in some ways?
#5: I say what I think about politics but no one hands me a microphone!
#6: I don't have a nanny....never needed one....raised 6 children on my
own and mostly without child support.
#7: I am not rich and more than that I don't pretend to be! I'm just me.
Don't own a big house or go to the salon on a near daily basis (last time I was at one of those was over 4 months ago and it does show!)
#8: I don't have the perfect life but I would much much prefer my life to a life like hers. I'll pray for her.
Ok let us analyze this:
#1: I have a gun. Which I think is ok because we have the right to bear
arms. I never use it though as I don't hunt. Looks good over the fireplace though!!
#2: I have kids.....five of them living. I lost a son, 36 years old,
a few years ago. I always thought I knew what pain was until then. I had no clue how bad a heart could hurt and how bad a soul could feel with a hole in it!!! Sarah Palin hasn't felt that and I pray she never will.
#3: I have grandchildren. 16 grandsons and 3 granddaughters (#20 on the way in May!!) I have Sarah out numbered on that one!
#4: I have a dysfuctional family! Don't we all in some ways?
#5: I say what I think about politics but no one hands me a microphone!
#6: I don't have a nanny....never needed one....raised 6 children on my
own and mostly without child support.
#7: I am not rich and more than that I don't pretend to be! I'm just me.
Don't own a big house or go to the salon on a near daily basis (last time I was at one of those was over 4 months ago and it does show!)
#8: I don't have the perfect life but I would much much prefer my life to a life like hers. I'll pray for her.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Snow
Not everyone in the world loves snow like I do!! I LOVE snow.....it signals a quiet time during the year. When
everything (including humans) should walk a little slower, take time to ponder the world and themselves, to arise a bit
later and go to bed a bit earlier so they can dream the dreams of answers. I find answers to all kinds of questions in my dreams.....I try to remember them but sometimes they are just the remanents of a bad day!! If I remember the dreams with a vivid picture then I know there is a meaning in them and I need to find out what it is and how it pertains to me or any of my life situations. Answers come from some very strange places, sometimes.
I have learned in my life on this planet that it is much easier to be a victim than it is to be intelligent. To try to find answers to problems instead of hiding thy head under the covers; to try to accomplish something even if someone tells you it has been tried twenty times already to no avail; to ask questions even though the answers may not be what you want to hear; to accept those answers that you didn't want to hear and change yourself instead of all those people you think are causing YOUR problems.
I have not found all my answers and I won't until it is time to take my last breath on this earth. I have alot of searching to do yet. I search every day. My grandmother once told me "Life IS as it is SUPPOSED to be. You just have to find how and why you are living it in that way." She also left me with a wonderful "suggestion"....."If you face your world tumbling down around you and the total end result is not your death...then it isn't so bad. You can survive it and overcome it. Find a way around it, through it, over or under it but DO NOT let it beat you!!!"
My Grandmother, Nora Phillips Hopkins, was the most wonderful woman I knew and my mother, Lucille Ammon Hopkins, came in at a tie!!!!!
everything (including humans) should walk a little slower, take time to ponder the world and themselves, to arise a bit
later and go to bed a bit earlier so they can dream the dreams of answers. I find answers to all kinds of questions in my dreams.....I try to remember them but sometimes they are just the remanents of a bad day!! If I remember the dreams with a vivid picture then I know there is a meaning in them and I need to find out what it is and how it pertains to me or any of my life situations. Answers come from some very strange places, sometimes.
I have learned in my life on this planet that it is much easier to be a victim than it is to be intelligent. To try to find answers to problems instead of hiding thy head under the covers; to try to accomplish something even if someone tells you it has been tried twenty times already to no avail; to ask questions even though the answers may not be what you want to hear; to accept those answers that you didn't want to hear and change yourself instead of all those people you think are causing YOUR problems.
I have not found all my answers and I won't until it is time to take my last breath on this earth. I have alot of searching to do yet. I search every day. My grandmother once told me "Life IS as it is SUPPOSED to be. You just have to find how and why you are living it in that way." She also left me with a wonderful "suggestion"....."If you face your world tumbling down around you and the total end result is not your death...then it isn't so bad. You can survive it and overcome it. Find a way around it, through it, over or under it but DO NOT let it beat you!!!"
My Grandmother, Nora Phillips Hopkins, was the most wonderful woman I knew and my mother, Lucille Ammon Hopkins, came in at a tie!!!!!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Age
When I was 15...I wanted to be 21! When I was 21 I wanted to be 25! When I was 25 I wanted to stay 25!!
When I was 35 I did NOT want to be 40!! When I was 55 I didn't want to be alive at all....I lost my son!! When I
was 58 I wanted to be 62 so I could retire. When I was 61 I didn't WANT to be 62....this is getting far to close to
70 and getting there far to fast!! I don't want to be where I am....I am eternally blessed with 6 children, 19 (almost 20) grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren (so far) but I don't WANT to be "almost" 62!!!!
I am not thinking I will ever get younger so might as well look at life on a more positive aspect. I read a story about an
80+ year old lady who lived in the Applachian Mountains by herself.....ok so maybe I can stop feeling sorry for myself and
continue to find the importance in age.
For those of you who think that 60 is a very far off age to be......beware!! It will not take as long as you think!!!
When I was 35 I did NOT want to be 40!! When I was 55 I didn't want to be alive at all....I lost my son!! When I
was 58 I wanted to be 62 so I could retire. When I was 61 I didn't WANT to be 62....this is getting far to close to
70 and getting there far to fast!! I don't want to be where I am....I am eternally blessed with 6 children, 19 (almost 20) grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren (so far) but I don't WANT to be "almost" 62!!!!
I am not thinking I will ever get younger so might as well look at life on a more positive aspect. I read a story about an
80+ year old lady who lived in the Applachian Mountains by herself.....ok so maybe I can stop feeling sorry for myself and
continue to find the importance in age.
For those of you who think that 60 is a very far off age to be......beware!! It will not take as long as you think!!!
Monday, January 3, 2011
makes me wonder
Seems like there are alot of "religious" people in the world.......you know buddhist, muslim, Christian, jewish, etc......but
I wonder what they all have in common? I think it might be hypocrisy!!!! I know some Muslim's from Pakistan and they are beyond hypocritical....I know some Baptists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists that are so judgemental that they forget Jesus said "do not judge"......I have met some Jewish people who have to sit on the other side of the restaurant rather than "run into" certain other world religions. I don't think I know any buddhist people so I can't say that I have found them to be hypocritical but I wonder if they aren't. I think I will continue to be "spiritual"......that doesn't mean I don't judge (I have and I do sometimes), it doesn't mean that I don't do the "wrong" things sometimes (Karma will haunt me for a long time!) and it doesn't mean that I use the word to not "label" myself as religious. I prefer to set off to the side and be the odd wqman out....I don't hurt people on purpose, I don't judge people just to prove they are "wrong", I don't side with one against another......I just sit there on the side and "wonder" why must everyone prove they are right? Why do they find the need to run one another down in order to build their own castle on the rock up? Why do they think that God made man but that the animals are secondary? If man left the face of this earth....the animals would be better off. If the animals left this world.....man could not survive. Do you ever wonder?
I wonder what they all have in common? I think it might be hypocrisy!!!! I know some Muslim's from Pakistan and they are beyond hypocritical....I know some Baptists, Episcopalians, Lutherans, Catholics, Methodists that are so judgemental that they forget Jesus said "do not judge"......I have met some Jewish people who have to sit on the other side of the restaurant rather than "run into" certain other world religions. I don't think I know any buddhist people so I can't say that I have found them to be hypocritical but I wonder if they aren't. I think I will continue to be "spiritual"......that doesn't mean I don't judge (I have and I do sometimes), it doesn't mean that I don't do the "wrong" things sometimes (Karma will haunt me for a long time!) and it doesn't mean that I use the word to not "label" myself as religious. I prefer to set off to the side and be the odd wqman out....I don't hurt people on purpose, I don't judge people just to prove they are "wrong", I don't side with one against another......I just sit there on the side and "wonder" why must everyone prove they are right? Why do they find the need to run one another down in order to build their own castle on the rock up? Why do they think that God made man but that the animals are secondary? If man left the face of this earth....the animals would be better off. If the animals left this world.....man could not survive. Do you ever wonder?
My First Post
Look....I have a blog. I am excited. I can write my thoughts, my opinions about people, places and things. I can
just write if I want.....I'm taking early retirement and I need a hobby!! Woooooo hoooooooo here comes my hobby!!!
just write if I want.....I'm taking early retirement and I need a hobby!! Woooooo hoooooooo here comes my hobby!!!
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