Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Blizzard


This beautiful Husky came to our front gate two weeks ago and stuck his nose through the fence to say hello to our other Husky, "Wiley", who also appeared on our front door (two years ago), who we kept and who appears throughout this blog.

Here's the strange thing about this story, besides the fact that we have random, homeless, collarless, starving, Huskies come to us in the night, each time a Husky has appeared we have been close to either having a child or adopting a child. Our eldest Husky, Newman, died a year and a half ago, he was 15 and I really believed and so did all my friends, that when he passed we would immediately get pregnant. Well, that didn't happen, but Wiley appeared on our front door and now this guy. We've named him "Blizzard" and he's turned out to be a majestic and magical salve to a failed adoption and another holiday without kids in our home. He's hilarious and loves Wiley and we want to keep him so badly but we can't. I really believe our heart is open and so is our home for this child, which is why all these other "babies" are showing up.

My plan is to drive him eight hours in a car tomorrow to my friend, Cal's house. She's planning on adopting him and making him her own. She lives in the country and has a 1/2 acre fenced yard. I will miss him, but am thrilled that he will live in her love.

I don't have a reasonable or logical explanation for what this phenomenon is....why these dogs appear when they do and why they happen to be Huskies, but I do know that it feels like magic, it feels like hope, it feels like love.

Note to Self: Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole.

2 comments:

  1. This is so strange. We used to *always* have dogs show up to us. Whether we found its original home or a new home...a home was always found. I finally began to believe God led them to us as a temporary refuge because He KNEW we'd get it to its permanent home. You surely have a sense of home. Comfort. Love. Desire. Belief. Everything that's required. These dogs are part of your journey. Though it may be a conundrum now, your heart knows the answer is around the bend.
    Take care of you! Terri

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  2. I swear that dogs have a sixth sense about happening upon the right doorstep. Best wishes as you build your family.

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