Fred's Watching Over Me!, My new beginning with Lucy Options

[patricia]

it's been a while since ive posted. my life has been slightly chaotic ever since my little lucy has come into my life. she came exactly one week after fred got sick. i didnt want her at first but how can we say no to any furry creature that needs a home. shes a little terrier (or as i prefer to call her: a terror) mix and shes about 7 1/2 months old now. she was rescued from a kill shelter in LA, at about 4 months, and then the new owner decided that it was too much for him so he released her into the streets. her foster family found her laying by the side of the road as she'd been hit by a car. they rushed her to er and paid for all her medical/surgical bills. when she was finally ok to go home, her foster family found her owner. i guess he felt remorse and posted missing signs everywhere. they met with him and asked him to help with half of the payments and he refused and in fact rejected her again, saying he was single and didnt have time to care for her. her foster parents took her in but unfortunately could not keep her. my fred sent her my way and now shes found her forever home. it wasnt easy. the first day i cried and cried because i missed my fred so much. and i was angry! how could i take in a dog so soon afer my little cat had died? but this was all part of freds master plan. it came to a point where i called some friends and confessed that i would not be able to keep her. that was the pivotal moment: because i remember lucy looking at me with her beautiful sad eyes begging me not to give her away again. at that exact moment, i knew that i couldnt do that to her and i would have to make it work. it didnt take long for me to fall absolutely head over heels in love with her. missing fred? its still not easy. i come to work and turn on my computer to freds sweet little face and i will just lose it. or i listen to one of his songs and i sob. i dont know when that pain will go away. but i do know that as the clock tics daily, i look forward to getting home because i know my little lucy goosey is waiting for me. she loves to go on her walks, just me and her. and she loves coming back home and turning into what i call "lucy-fur" where her eyeballs start spinning and she goes a little crazy. then she settles down right next to me, hopefully i will have treats for her, and falls asleep. i have to wake her in order to go outside one last time and then she runs into her crate for the night. well, she runs because she always has a little cookie in there waiting for her. i love waking up in the middle of the night to hear her little snoring. and in the morning? well its hard for me no to open her crate door immediately. i think im more excited to see her than she is to see me. shes my little monkey. people tell me that little rescue animals know they are rescued and are doubly grateful to be with us. but i say, im the one thats grateful…to have her in my life. she makes me laugh again, and smile and when she wraps her little paws around my neck and lays her little head on my shoulder, or tries to eat my earring, well, i couldnt ask for more. my wonderful fred: i love you so much and i will never never never forget you. thank you for giving me lucy. she will never replace you but she makes me happy again just like you always did my little sweet. momma loves you forever!

[patricia]

thnx judy i will give her an extra big hug from you today and youre right, i know fred is truly enjoying watching all of this unfold. he just laughs at all the running after and chasing down i have to do now and probably thinks "see? i didnt give you any trouble at all. ha!"

im am now so 110% positive that fred sent her to me because everyday when i see her funny cute face, i laugh. she has helped me so so much with the healing process and if she can make anyone on this site laugh amidst the tears, then she is truly a little godsend or i should say fredsend. omgoodness, the entire little wonderful hospital loves her to death. in fact yesterday while we went for a walk, we ran into one of our favorite people from there. i of course didnt recognize her, especially out of uniform but lucy just ran right up to her and her tail was wagging so hard i thought it was going to fall off. of course she recognized lucy right away. it was so funny, just like in the movies, you know the slo-motion part? where the guy and the girl are running towards each other in the beach? only it was a little dog and her technician . ( ive been begging them to let me squirrel away some $$ with them so that next time were there it wont hurt my pocket book so much

actually i think i am the lucky one and so are we all dont you think? im so glad you have a new little one lucky. i want to hear all about him. what new and wonderful adventures you will have! how privileged we are to have our babies with us for as long as we do (although some a shorter time than others), but they are with us for a reason. they teach us so much!

im sure i will have more stories over the weekend, so please keep reading and laughing cuz that is the best medicine!!!
patricia