Today we took Rella to the Dog Park. Rella is our 14 week old puppy. She is a mix of Blue Healer and Black Lab. She is the sweetest thing. She has been a great addition to our family. She was potty trained very early and I might add very easy to train. She adores Hannah-Grace and Hannah-Grace adores her too. They are great for each other.
I have not let myself get to attached or close to Rella. She was more for Hannah-Grace than for me or John. Although John has bonded with her just as much as Hannah-Grace has. I have to say it was not till today that I was able to really move on.
Scarlet was our dog for 10 wonderful years. We got Scarlet our 1st Christmas together. She taught me A LOT!!! I had never trained a dog or knew anything about dogs till we got Scarlet. She was a wonderful dog and I miss her still every day. During the deployment I missed having a dog at night. She would always stay up with me till I went to bed. Well today we went to the dog park. There was a lady that was walking her dog and her dog's name was Scarlet. How odd was that. When I heard her say No Scarlet, my stomach got a huge knot in it. It was like I was hearing myself. When she got to us, I was blown away how much this Scarlet looked like our Scarlet.
We talk with the lady and let the dogs play awhile. She was nice enough to let me take a picture of Scarlet. As I got to thinking about it, I thought how amazing God is. He knows my feelings with Rella and how I was not bonding like I should. I know he set that meeting up so I can move on. I know that Scarlet is not hurting and would want nothing more than for us to have a dog to bring us joy and love the way that she did. Lord, Thank you for using the little things in life to help us in BIG ways!!! I am amazed by you daily!!!
This is Scalet from the Dog Park!
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