Bye-Bye Puppy : (

We got the call . . . The SE is coming for our puppy in 3 weeks. After raising him for a year and a half, we'll have to say good-bye to him. He has been such a good puppy and we sure have loved having him. Really, he's a part of our family now, and the church family, and the neighborhood and the community . . . I feel so sad . . . everyone is sad. I talked to my son, you know the puppy was his project, to see how he was feeling. I approached him very solemnly and with tears in my eyes and asked him if he too was sad . . . he said, "Mom, he's still here." I'm like, "Huh?" He said, "Mom, why be sad now while he's still here, I'll be sad when he goes and I'll deal with it then, but we still have another 3 weeks. And besideds, he's a really dumb dog, he may fail." Well, I don't know if he's in denial or just a really mentally healthy kid. Either way, I'm adopting his attitude. It reminds me that God wants us to live in the present, where He is. God promises to give us new mercies each day. I'll wait, like my son, to be sad when the time comes and lean on God for His mercies that day. (Go figure, just when you're sure your son was switched at birth, he says something so intelligent that you just know he's got your genes!)