Full-Time Job – Conversations with Stella

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I am Stella, Queen of the … yawn … Olde English … yawn … Bulldogges.

Me:  Are you worn out?

Stella:  I’m just going to take a little nap for maybe all afternoon, maybe until tomorrow.

Me:  Must be nice.

Stella:  It is.

Me: It takes a lot of energy to be you, doesn’t it, girl?

Stella:  Yup.  Being me is a full-time job.

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Food Dreaming – Conversations with Stella and MoonCat

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I am Stella, Queen of the Olde English Bulldogges. Here I am, trying to enjoy a peaceful meal and the cat is lying uncomfortably close to my bowl, watching every bite I take. Lady Human, make her stop!
 
Me:  MoonCat, you might want to back off a little bit. Go eat your own food, okay.


 
MoonCat:  Meow. What the big ole bulldog is having smells wonderful.
 
Stella:  Lady Human.
 
Me:  Let Stella eat in peace.
 
MoonCat:  I can dream, can’t I?
 
Me:  She is eating dogfood.
 
MoonCat:  I am not particular. I will just wait until she is finished.
 
Me:  She is finished. I am putting up the bowl.
 
Stella:  Thank you, Lady Human. The thought of a cat’s nose in my food bowl is enough to give me nightmares.





 
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One Last Look – Wiggles

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It has taken me two full days to get up enough gumption to tackle this and write about it.

At 10:08 a.m. on Friday, March 4, 2022, Wiggles passed from this earth, exactly one week after her 8th birthday.

Wiggles loved the outdoors. She came to us when she was just over a year old. She had been a country dog. The man who owned her decided that he wanted a motorcycle and selling the dog would help him get to his goal faster. My son’s friend put them in contact with each other and my son bought Wiggles. About two weeks later, Wiggles’ previous owner was killed in a one-vehicle accident while riding his new motorcycle.

Everybody liked Wiggles, even non-bulldog people. That was not always true of other dogs. Wiggles never picked a fight, but she never backed off from one either.

She was active and quick. She loved to sunbathe on pleasant days.

Recently, she had started standing for a long time and staring, but I thought nothing of it. There is a lot to stare at outside. Then, on Friday, she suffered a huge seizure. Her whole body was trembling.

I stared into her face. Her eyes were closed. The trembling stopped. She opened her eyes, looked at me, then closed them again, and went. It was so peaceful that it took me a few minutes to realize that she was gone.

“One last look,” as my son put it.

I believe in God, the Creator of all. I also believe in the revelation of heaven and eternity as presented in the Bible. There was a time when I did not think that applied to animals. I know better now. God is not an annihilator. He used the bulldogs to teach to teach me that. (I am a slow learner.)

I also believe that the LORD restores. The next time Wiggles looks at me, we will both be fully restored and there will be no more last looks.

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