March 24

March 24, 2011~

Today was a sad day, because we lost Shar, Peter’s dog. Peter called this morning with the news.

Shar was a special dog! She was Peter’s shadow for 10 short years. She arrived on his 13^th birthday! When he was sad, her head on his knee could heal the human hurts. When he was happy, she was full of joy. When he made a mistake, she ignored it. She was devoted to her master. When he was sick she would put her head on his knee or curl up beside him. Shar would  lend a thoughtful ear, to any problem there might be. Shar was a watch dog and would let you know when someone was around that she didn’t know, or if it was someone she did know, that was of course coming over to “play” with her! But there was one thing Shar was not. She was not mean, even when someone or another animal was mean to her. She would defend herself, but only to the point of getting them to stop and then come and tell us about it with her head down and crying apologetically. Shar loved other animals and would lovingly play with horses, cows, goats, cats, gerbils, fancy mice,

 and any other animal she could find! They were all her friends!

Shar won’t bark again as she did when she’d come for a visit, or clean up the tasty morsel that drops to the ground,  she won’t come running to say, “Hi, Mom, I came back for a visit,” and no more doggy kisses planted on the cheek. She will be missed terribly by all who knew her. Although, time will bring a new dog, I am sure, there will always be one place in our hearts that just belongs to Shar. Shar did not leave us empty handed, she left us many happy memories. We will always remember how much she loved us and the thoughtful things she did. Now she is resting where she spent most of her life.

Happy For A Reason reasson's:

1.       Happy memories of Shar.

2.       A beautiful sunrise. It was as if it was a special gift from God reminding me that someday there will be no more tears, no more loosing our precious pets.

3.       I could have lunch with Peter and Candice.

4.       Ron stopped by my work and replaced my windshield wiper that the wind had broken two weeks ago during the rain and wind storm.

5.       I got to drive home in the rain with a fully working wiper! Amazing how much better one can see with a functioning wiper, in the dark of night while it is raining!