Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Father's Day

I am so thankful for my dad.
He has always been such a good example to me.
One thing I remember the most growing up with him is that he always, always, always got up early to read his Bible and pray.
Always.
Every morning.
Without fail.
Early.
I would see the light under his door and I knew what he was doing.
I want to be more like that.
I need to start out each day with my Heavenly Father.
I think my days would go much better.

I am also thankful for this dad.
My husband.
The one thing I appreciate the most about him is how he treats our children.
They mean the world to him and they know it.
When he sees them, he greets them like they are the most important thing in his life.
He asks them all sorts of questions about their day.
He plays with them.
A lot.
He lets them know they are important.
I count it a huge blessing to have these men in my life. :)

Sunday, June 10, 2012

Happy Ending

In January, our family was blessed with a dog.
Someone was giving her away and we accepted her with very open arms.
Her name is Jessie and she is a miniature black Schnauser.
We never knew what joy a dog could bring to our lives.
Oh, how we love her.
On our kids' last day of school, Jessie threw up and collapsed all of a sudden. 
I thought she was dying.
I was right . . . she was.
I rushed her to the vet right away.
When we got there, she started losing blood out of both ends, poor thing. :(
She was diagnosed with Hamorrhagic GastroEnteritis, which is a very rare condition in which small dogs abruptly start vomiting blood and having bloody diarrhea (sorry I just said that word on my blog). 
I'm glad that I got her to the vet before the blood started coming.
They hooked her up to an IV and she stayed at the animal hospital for four days. ($$)
Miraculously, our sweet Jessie made it.
The vet said that if I had waited any longer, she would not have survived.
They have had only 2 other cases of HGE at that animal hospital and neither dog went home. :(
I am counting our little doggie blessing right now.
I am thankful that we were home when this hit her and that we could take her to the vet right away so she could be saved.