Joy List Monday and a story about Molly

Joy List Monday

 ♥ a weekly ritual ♥

a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties 

and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day

 ♥ kitty kisses .. this girl above loves to snuggle when I sit down to read .. the only problem is sometimes she is jealous of the book and she will lay on the book to keep me from reading

petting her is top of the agenda she says

 ♥ butterflies in the garden

♥ receiving some fun snail mail .. I will share soon 

♥ listening to some fun baseball games .. the Brewers are still fighting for Wild Card

♥ good neighbors .. that brings us to my story about Molly

This is our dog Molly, she is 13 years old. She has dog dementia and she is deaf. All of our neighbors know our routine. We take Molly for a walk just about everyday. We take the same route everyday. On Monday I leashed Molly with her harness and went to take some trash to the trash can. Molly was on the deck when I took the trash out, but my mistake was I opened the back gate. With her harness on, the gate open, Miss Molly thought it was time to go for the walk, without her humans. She trotted along our path, each neighbor wondering what was going on. I was looking for Molly after taking the trash as my next door neighbor came running and saying "Carla, she is on the walk, she just turned the corner."  Off I went, sure enough she just continued to trot on. Each neighbor I passed that was outside encouraged me she was doing fine and she is on the route. I caught up to her and hooked the leash on her harness and we continued, she had no idea I hooked her, she kept walking. We did our usual route and as we made our way home, all the neighbors were happy we were together again and we all had a little chuckle. I learned a lesson. I will never unlock the gate! When Molly is ready for a walk, she is ready for a walk no matter how old she is.

 

Joy List Monday

Joy List Monday

 ♥ a weekly ritual ♥

 ♥ a reminder to stop and pay attention to the little beauties 

and graces that make life magical and to set aside time for gratitude each day ♥

 ♥ evenings in the garden .. capturing the flight of a hummingbird moth

 ♥ my husband making me my very favorite eggplant recipe

 ♥ my meals on wheels co worker sharing a plate of sweet treats with our family

♥ garden goodness .. cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant 

♥ enjoying a nice thunderstorm .. no wind, just rain and thunder 

 

Time to Fly

Here we are .. the count down is on. One Sunday left before Sam leaves for Basic training.

Here comes the honesty .. I cried last Sunday. Last Sunday Sam was at Drill. When he came home I was hit with the true fact, we only have two Sunday's left with him, and as of today only one.

I cried. I hugged Sam and cried some more. I told him, you just have to let your little ol'  mom cry a little and she will be alright. I cried some more. In fact for some reason I could not really turn it off. 

Some of this has to do with looking at baby photos and working on a project to give to Sam before he leaves. It goes so fast, I just kept saying that to myself.

Then I pulled myself together, it does go fast. We have made wonderful memories along the way. The baby years .. filled with diapers, spit up and giggles. The toddler years, exploring everything, loving trucks and dinosaurs.  The early school years, filled with projects, friends and exploring. The teen years .. learning to drive, that first job and becoming more independent.

This week will be a special week for us, the last week with Sam before he heads off. It will be 10 weeks of letters and after that we will be able to visit, call and write the next 21 weeks he is doing his Individual Training. I am sure I will have up and down days until I get use to the empty chair at the dinner table, the empty bed in the bedroom and the way he greets me "Hey MOM" when he comes home from work.

I am excited for him to fly! I am proud him! I know He has got this!