CHILDRENS WONDERFUL MIND

Abby's family, who are waiting for her arrival, has a 2 year old daughter. She loves looking at the pictures of Abby, and she also makes small paintings for Abby.

They were in the car when Engla, the daughter said Abbiiii? Her mother turned around and tried to explain when it would be warm, Abby would come and live with them (we are waiting for Abby's passport and that will be done by summertime.) After a couple of minutes the car was warm and Engla shouts "Abbiiii now?"

This family is very thoughtful, too. The toy and blanket Abby is pictured with above, was sent by them. Not only that, they kept the blanket near them before sending it, so it would have their smell on it. So that Abby wouldn't be going to a totally new place when she goes there, she would already have their scent!

Olivia is four years-old and loves Jimmie the dog on the picture (from Greece) When we visited Jimmie and his owner Milla, we asked Olivia how Jimmie felt, was he happy? Olivia looked at Jimmie and said "Yes, Jimmie is happy when it rains!" Milla and I held our breath because we both know that Jimmie dislikes the rain.

Shortly after, she contiuned; "When the clouds go away, the moon goes down, and the sun goes up, thats when Jimmie is happy"

Sometimes children take a pause in their explanation and we adults can cut in quickly and disconnect the natural connection they have with the animals.

Intuitive Children

My angel Olivia said to me one afternoon, when I wanted to sleep since I was so sick; "No Mommy please don't sleep, you fly out from the window"

Another time, we were standing in line. The guy in front of us forgot his keys. Olivia said; 'That is Reuben's keys" We found out that was actually his name!

Referring to her Godfather Benny, and one of his dogs, Olivia says; "He got pain in eye" Benny told me the dog sometimes had an eye infection and he would keep a closer look at his eye now.

Yesterday she came down from the third floor to eat and said; "Mommy I want to go up to my two friends that are on third floor." I wonder what spirit is up there that she sees that I don't?

All children are born with the intuition to sense or "read" the vibrations that are emanating from the universe. As they age and are socialized, that ability is often pushed back and forgotten. Some retain it. I pray that Olivia is able to retain this ability to intuit and "read" what is around us, but oblivious to most.

Going Against Intuition

When is the time to say good bye to our four legged friend?

That is a difficult question that many people ask me. Many times they call me and ask me, "Is he ready?"

You know when the time is there, you can feel it. But sometimes other people interfere with their eyes and logic instead of their gut feelings and that interference disconnects the intuition. Animals know. They prepare themselves and leave the pack so they are not a burden any more. That is still unconditional love from them into the end.

Some people are watching with their eyes, "He is not in pain, he is not howling."

Animals go into a state of mind were they start to close the world off. They have to be strong right up to the last minute. They can not "scream," they are protecting their pack from attracting enemies, and to scream would signal weakness and vulnerability.

When mourning you start to go through, if and whys. Questioning and re-questioning decisions you made, or didn't make, that maybe contributed to the end result. It eats at your mind and your heart, everything is aching. You wish, you hope, you want to wake up from a bad dream.

Saturday, Max's baptism was a wonderful day. We had our four dogs on the back side of our house. No one would go into the back yard and bother them. The Barbecue started and at some time, someone threw in a rib to the dogs. Ranger, our Black Labrador ate one. A person who no doubt thought that "he" did something nice, instead started a chain of events with a deathly outcome. also believe a plastic cup blew in where the dogs were, and Ranger smelled something wonderful and took a bite that would later lodge in his throat, and yet later when he vomited, he would aspirate into his lungs, eventually sawing his lungs up and causing internal bleeding.

Later we heard him coughing, clearly something was stuck in his throat. People said, "If he is not good 'till Monday I will show you were the ER veterinarian is"

Later, too much later, I said "He wont make it through the night, he is getting worse, something is cutting him."

People said, " No he probably scratched his throat."

Later, was too late!

When he threw up with blood, after everyone else had left, it was finally crystal clear that he was in dire circumstances. Todd called to get the friend out of bed to show us where the 24-hour clinic was (note, always know this when moving to a new location), and he sped Ranger there.

Emergency surgery took care of the rib in his throat, and took out some other stuff from his stomach: plastic, a balloon, whole olives. But the physical damage to his lungs was apparently too much. He continued unconscious under anesthesia for about 7 hours, but when he should have been transitioning out of the anesthesia, he went into respiratory distress, followed by failure. The vet clinic says they tried several things to revive him, and actually had him for about 30 seconds, but they lost him in the end.

Try to always go on your gut feeling. When it comes to your friend, your connection with him is stronger than stranger's eyes.

Our Big Amore Goof! We Are so sorry we didn't listen to our heart. We are so sad without you!