Friendship

My little buddy has a big buddy!

Bruster and Ziggy on Jan. 17, 2010

Something's Happened

i feel the need  to communicate my tears for the people in Haiti. i just don't know how. i cry and pray and pray and pray. the disorganization of all the relief efforts and aid workers is so disheartening. the make shift hospitals set up at the airport are fine, but what about the thousands of people who aren't near the airport. they need a clinic set up on every street. and a food and water station set up on every street. i know the Lord is in control and i'm praying fervently for the injured, the lost, the doctors and nurses, the rescue workers, the aid workers, the president and his wife. i can't imagine the pain of seeing your world in ash and rubble and bodies of people you know and love just strewn everywhere. i can't pretend to understand or feel what they are going through. but i pray.
i remember when a major flood hit Houston and my family and i with the dog left our home by boat. it was very surreal, but the strangest part was getting to the higher ground and seeing traffic on the roads and people going on with life like nothing happened. i keep watching the videos and news reports on Haiti, because, i want to remember that something has happened. i don't want to forget and just be that person that goes on as if nothing has changed. i want to go on having been changed by what's happened.

Puppy Power

We got a puppy right before thanksgiving.

Ziggy - named in honor of my grandmother, who for 30 years has been trying to get someone in the family to name their child that. She's now very content to have a grandpuppy by that name :-)

i was very uncertain about this puppy decision with all the work ahead on the house and the baby coming. adding puppy training to that just seemed overwhelming. but like any good dog - he stole my heart. and unlike any dog i've ever had, he is now allowed on the couch. he curls up with me and sleeps while i watch tv. well, he does that after he's tried to chew my hands and feet and then his toys. i love him!

we took a 20+ hour road trip each way over Christmas break with puppy in tow. he did great and we all really bonded as a family.

it was a lot of firsts for Ziggy.
First time out of Texas
First trip to the beach, where he could dig all he wanted.

First trip to a dog park, where he made friends and was put in his place.
First hotel stay - thank you, Lord, for LaQuinta (most of them take pets)


it was brutal coming back to work and having to leave him. i feel like he grows in the 10 hours i don't see him everyday. pretty soon he'll be too big for both of us to fit on the couch together, but i'm going to soak it all up while i can.