We promised each other that nothing that ate could live with us ever again. My husband is retired from a major airline and we had planned to travel after retirement. Then we adopted our grandson. He eats. He begged for a dog. Finally, I went alone to the local shelter to see what they had.
I walked through the center and found nothing of the size that we could deal with. I decided to just visit with the cats for a few minutes. As I went in, I could hear a small little whine and bark. There, I fell in love. She was almost hairless and so very scared. I got her out of the cage and she held on to me for dear life. I knew I had found something else to feed.
We went by PetSmart on the way home for a bed, blanket, toys, a collar and leash, and food. Our son was nearly ecstatic and has said that it was the best day of his life! That was ten years ago. Our little seven-pound ShiPoo, now a robust 25 pounds, runs our household.
Our traveling in retirement didn’t happen. Instead, God sent us a wonderful, beautiful blond haired, blue-eyed 5-year-old to love, then a wonderful little fuzzy Maggie to help us raise and love him, as well.
PHOTO: T. JAMESThat 5-year-old is now a fine 20-year-old young man still at home with us. Maggie is still helping and supervising us every day. We could travel now if we wanted, but we did get to do a good bit of seeing all that we really needed years ago. We are quite content to stay around here and enjoy this best time of our lives.