Tenderness

Before any of my girls were born, I had two dogs~ a sweet yellow lab named Chelsea & a great dane mix named Bailey. My girls grew up with the dogs & loved them so much. We lost them to old age over the last two years.... a signifigant loss for us. We all miss their sweet souls but especially Caroline.

Brinkley is the perfect dog...sweet sweet doggy who we hope to train to be a therapy dog. When I worked as an RN on the pediatric oncology floor the puppy visits were definately one of the children's favorite things.

Anyway, this morning I found Caroline at the art station. She was journaling & drawing a picture of Bailey & Chelsea.

"I mise my dogs baley and calse- rillie rille mise them".

She loves Brinkley but something this morning stirred up a tender memory in her heart.

For those who aren't pet lovers, you just can't understand how one can miss an animal so much. A companion who gives unconditional love ---daily!!

Its hard to watch your children try to learn & comprehend the circle of life. My older girls have learned this through the heart breaking experience of losing their biological daddy. While its not the same, loosing the dogs for Caroline was still a loss.

Brinkley has brought much love into our home--he has been such a blessing!

Here are a few images of Caroline with Bailey & Chelsea.

Caroline's art work this morning...she gave me the ok to share!!

Cute Nicole tagged me the other day.

While i love reading these on other ladies blogs I doubt ya'll will be interested but here goes....

these are a few of my favorite things~~

sound-my husband pulling into the driveway

late night snack-don't do those- honestly!

smell- a salt water breeze

color combo-i love tone on tone-anything cream & white. i love vera bradley peacock.

time of the year-fall

author- beth moore

books-the life application bible & harry potter...great combo i know!

vegtable-home grown tomatoes in late july & my grandmothers fried okra

actress-audrey hepburn, julie andrews & meg ryan

flower-peonies but i love a huge sunflower farm

vacation-would love to go to paris but fully content in seaside

pizza-tomato, mushroom & onion

tv-listening to the braves game , food network & hgtv

fragrance-prada

music-my all time fave is james taylor, however third day is a close runner up. kenny chesney's "be as you are" cd, martina mcbride, nora jones, corrine bailey ray, michael buble

shoes- my unattractive crocs, jack rogers, or cowboy boots. but i dream of monogrammed clogs

holiday-all of them but especially valentines day ( savannah's b-day)

candy-candy corn & jelly bellies

clothing-lilly pulitzer...duh!

thanks nicole--too fun!