This is a picture of Cleo.... I suppose we can learn a lot from this old hound... She obviously is mellow.... She puts up with a lot of torture from the kids. She loves at all times... Unless she is at deaths door and then she tries to yelp for help... This is the way God wants us to be. Loving at all times. Even when our children irritate us. Even when things don't go our way. Ol' Cleo is just thrilled to have a good belly rub and to sit next to you all the time. She even gets a little excited when we are gone somewhere and we pull up in the driveway. She even runs sometimes to meet us. I am sure that she is my example... Be calm at all times. Don't start screaming and yelling for nothing. Always be ready for a good hug and smooch, in her case belly rub... I should always be patient with my children. Ready to just sit and listen. Life seems so rushed and busy, why not enjoy things that don't cost any money... One day all my children are going to be grown up and gone and I am going to miss these days so much. I want to be able to enjoy everything about my family now, not look back in 10 years and say "I should have??"... Cleo even got to go with us to have Brand. She hung out in the back yard of the birthing center. She has always been a part of our family. Who would have thought I would learn so much from a $20 mutt.... God knew what he was doing with this ol' hound when he gave her to us. Now that she is getting older she no longer sleeps outside, unless she feels like it of course... She has a pallet on the floor next to my side of the bed. John and I both put up with her loud snoring and groaning all night. She is worth it. And all of my children should be worth my time each and every day. I love them all so much... God Bless..
