Watching careful! Do
you see it?
It is a beautiful day, bright blue skies with light wispy
clouds! A little boy sitting on the
ground under a shade tree! His eyes have
a hollow glazed over aspect to them! You
speak to him and he looks up but it as if you are speaking a foreign language
to him. His reply finally comes but the
speech is slow and slightly slurred! It
is as if the words in his brain come out his mouth with the speed of
molasses! Every part of him struggles to
move, he knows he should, he knows he needs to, but he just can’t do it with
any normalcy. A small chocolate lab
puppy is set down in front of this little boy and the puppy looks around and
slightly lifts his head to scent the air!
The pup looks at each of the people surrounding him and then looks at
the little boy. He lunges straight ahead
for the little boy with all the speed and accuracy that his little 8-week-old
body can muster. He goes straight for
the little boys chin and begins to lick at his chin and then circles to his
ear. The little boy in the fog at first
is startled but then begins to smile, his arms circle the puppy and begin to
cradle and stroke the pups head and body!
The pup settles in his lap with his little chin resting on the boys
forearm. The pup’s eyes occasionally
glance away but mostly his eye’s are on his self-proclaimed charge. A 6-year-old boy with T1 diabetes! The pup seems to know that he is needed and
wanted here in this dazed state of the lil boy!
As the numbers come up the pup begins to be a normal puppy again,
picking up sticks and greeting those who are gathered around.
What you just witnessed was a first alert of an 8 week old
puppy to his new owner as best as it can be explained by this writer!
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