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Write 2 The Heart
April 21, 2005
Welcome to your latest issue of Write 2 the Heart.
When it comes to four-footed friends, Bob and Ronni’s hearts
are bigger than the great outdoors. So there was plenty of room for
a tiny little pup.
It’s A Girl
By Bob Shaw
It’s been several years since we’ve had a dog in the house, and
when I heard about a new litter of puppies out on the bread route, I
just had to see them. Laina and Vernadine run a little post office
and general store “out in the sticks,” and Laina arranged to have
the puppies brought in to the store about the time I got there. One
of the puppies, a little female, took to me right off. I have to say it
was love at first sight, for both of us.
I made it home that night, and told my wife Ronni that we were
getting a puppy, a little Shih Tzu. Her name was already picked
out. Baby, our Cockatoo, could already say “Hello Amy,” our
Niece’s name, and figured Baby had already named the new fur
baby. It was going to be a long week before we could pick her up.
She needed to be eight weeks old before she could go home.
When the day finally came, I finished the route early, and
picked Ronni up to make the trip with me. She hadn’t seen Amy
yet, but had fallen in love with her from what I had told her, and
couldn’t wait. When we drove up to the store, Laina called
Freddie, the puppy’s owner, and told him we were there.
Ronni rushed out to the truck and met them on the parking lot,
and just melted when he handed her the puppy. I could see the
expression on her face all the way in the store.
They brought her in, and Freddie told me it was a different
puppy. The expression on his face told me something was wrong.
All of the puppies were born with a slight hernia, which was not
serious, and he’d taken them in to the Vet for minor surgery and a
check up. During the exam, he’d found a serious heart defect in
Amy, and decided to put her down. The puppy he’d brought in was
from his Daughter’s litter.
We were saddened by the news, and Ronni said she wished
she’d met her, but the new puppy soon made her way into out
hearts. Ronni grinned and said she wasn’t any bigger than a
popcorn poot, and the baby reached up and nibbled at her chin.
They asked what we were going to name her. I said Aimee.
On the way home, we decided to stop off at Wal Mart for some
food and toys for the new “kid.” Ronni stuffed her into her jacket
and said she wasn’t about to leave her out there all by herself. All
the way in to the store, everyone looked and smiled, and she was a
big hit in the store. Everyone wanted to see the baby. A friend of
ours, Courtney, was at one of the checkouts, and fell in love with
her. I knew it was against store policy to take her in, but I didn’t
think it would hurt since she wouldn’t be put on the floor.
When we made it home, she was a bundle of nervous energy.
She played and ran until she was exhausted, and went off to sleep
in her little bed, a converted flower basket just her size. First puppy
I ever saw that didn’t cry the first night. Baby’s still pretty nervous
about having her in the house. Probably trying to figure out what
she is, and hoping she’s not a cat.
As it turned out, another little piece of my heart made an
unexpected trip to the Rainbow Bridge. Amy will have some
magnificent friends to play with, and someday, we’ll pick up
where we left off. She knew she was loved.
Bob Shaw
CapeRabbit @ SEMO.NET
Bob and Ronni live in the Cape Girardeau, Missouri area. He has
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pray for these young people and their families:
Tim Speir
Alan
Todd Holland
Graham
William
Julie Sagel
Jessie
Marshal Thompson
Jason
Eric Hernandez
Kristin Danielson
Ryan
Larry Miele
Daniel
Amy
John
Joanne
Gary Boardwine
Hadassah
Chanz Wackerly
Robert Henderson
David Habighurst
Tonia
Melissa Bair
Matthew Nutter
Nick Nation
Seth Jarrell
Matt Hall
Donald Wayne West
Frank Schambach, Jr.
Please continue to pray for our country, our leaders, and
our troops at this time. If you have loved ones in the military,
or who are being called to go overseas, send their names
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Cheryl’s Corner
The troops are telling me they actually feel the hand of God
around them as they leave on missions giving them a peace. His
hand has been a physical shield protecting lives from mortar
attacks. A vehicle “malfunctioned” just long enough to keep the
young men in it from being involved in a bomb attack. The vehicle
worked perfectly fine before and after.
To everyone who prays for our troops, THANK YOU! Our
prayers are being heard and answered.
God bless,
Cheryl
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