Hello, dearest San Saba friends; how in the world are you? I can only describe the events of the past week by using a play on words of an old commercial about a candy bar…sometimes you feel like a nut and sometimes you become a delinquent dachshund!
Mom and I were out in the yard. She went around the corner for a second to retrieve something that needed to be thrown in the trash, went to put it over the fence and noticed the front gate was opened - and I was nowhere to be found! According to mom, as she went out to the street screaming my name, the complete empty and hollow feeling in her heart was overwhelming! She saw a young man jogging toward her and asked if he had perhaps seen a little black and white dachshund running? She asked him for help as since her heart attack, her running skills are nonexistent. Very shortly into their conversation, the young man pointed and asked… “is that him?” Mom looked and there I was…sprinting down a side street! By the way, I should mention, dachshunds become completely deaf when they are doing what they want to and are not supposed to do! I was found streets away in a ramshackle of a house with tons of junk in the yard! I treed a cat! Mom arrived just in time to see me trying to climb the tree, ever so proud of my accomplishment! There were roosters and chickens running everywhere, stacks of stuff to climb on…it was a dachshund amusement park! Mom found a makeshift wooden gate hanging opened, came into the yard, picked me up, asked the young man which streets to take back home, thanked him with all her heart, and brought me be back home! Yea, I got a life sentence!
I have been spending every minute of every day since my little beyond the fence adventure making up to mom for almost giving her a second heart attack. When you have an adorable, furry, dachshund face, with huge as deep as ocean eyes, it is not difficult to sincerely apologize, ingratiate yourself, and yes, grovel at the very feet at someone you have wronged. Hey, let’s face it folks, I am a dachshund. I pretty much spend my entire life at the feet of humans!
Mom and I have so much to be joyful about. She and Mandy went by the house we will be moving to, and mom told me I will get exercise just moving from room to room! I sure know mom is excited because after a year of living in such a tiny place, she feels as if the walls are closing in on her. Mom has a big personality, enormous laugh, and now she will have an entire room for writing, a backyard for an easel and painting, a totally separate laundry room, and living room without a bed in it! I will have a backyard with a real fence all the way around it! I have never seen mom so excited, and seeing her that way makes me feel the same way!
If you walked into our house right now you would think you were in a container store! We have large green containers, small green containers, clear ones with brown handles. They are stacked all over the place and I pretend I am in a maze and there are dust lions chasing me! Hey, life is about making difficult situations fun when you cannot change them instantly.
Mom and I hope your mazes in life have imaginary lions too, and are as temporary as are ours. On days when your lions may seem real, we hope you will remember the strength in your wonderful hearts is a mighty weapon of hope and change. We love each of you and hope you have an amazing week!
Love, Lenny