Four Years Ago Today

[Jennifer and Jack]

Four Years ago today...This little green ribbon boy got off an airplane at 6 37 pm and made me a mom!

Never could I describe, imagine or relay in any way the overwhelming feelings I have for him. I think if anyone can understand, it is you all.

I had no idea the awesome responsibility a dog was. I had no idea the absolute torture I would feel when I have to leave him to go in the hospital. I had no idea the sheer laughter a little puppy could bring to me. How I would travail over his poop.. the formation of it, the food he ate, his emotional well being, his physical well being. Being upset if he had gas. Racing him to the emergency vet over a tick. 

Loving so much.......... 

May 1st is amazingly special to me.. It's Jack's Gotcha day... The day I became a mom..... Good things happen on May 1st it's my lucky day..

On May 1st 2009 at 6;37 is the first time I got to hold Jack in my arms, the first of every time I broke the rules of what you were supposed to do when you got your puppy.. I waited all day for him to come.. I was at work grasping a picture of him in my hands...... I showed everyone of my patients his picture, I showed the pictures from the puppy shower that was given to me by my friends. My mom was living in Fla she came in to help me care for Jack..

Finally we got to the airport and I paced and paced and paced .. and FINALLY the man rolled a luggage cart up that had two dogs crates.. He said, " I have one happy puppy and one not so happy puppy"  The other person waiting for a dog looked at each other.. and then the man called my last name and I screamed with excitement.. He said " You get the happy puppy" with that he put the crate down and I heard a thump thump thump thump thump it was my baby boys tail wagging against the crate.. TO this day his tail gives him away every time.. When he is trying to  hold a grudge and I am trying to coax him.. his tail still thumps... 

My heart thumps to the same thump his tail thumps.... I can't believe it has been four years

My mom drove home from the airport and I held the sweet precious green ribbon boy on my lap... I know not safe.. He did great all the way home, as my mom pulled in the garage he threw up all over me......over my pants etc..

I gave my mom the puppy and told her don't put him down.... take him right outside to potty... so as I was undressing in the garage.. she came in the house and went potty herself and put him down.. he immediately peed all over the carpet.. 

Mom took him outside and I grabbed what I thought was pee clean up but ummm no.. it was pee enhancer some kind of product that you spray to show the dog where you want them to pee... I soaked my carpet with that..

You might say our first few hours home were epic failure but boy do they make a funny story.

May 1st is my lucky day... Today is the first day in months I am starting to feel a bit better, today I saw Jarka's reply.. I will be going back to CO to National Jewish Hospital in June and I am going to go to her home for dinner and to see My Monty and meet Auggie!!!!! So my lucky day,

It was on May 1st last year that I was FINALLY able to leave CO after nearly a six week stay there.. I made it home in time to snuggle with my Jack ....

Here is the boy that made me a mama, four years later. I love you Jack D with all of my heart forever!

[Pam & Trixie]

What a Happy May Day Story.  Then & now.

Wonderful!  Thump, Thump

[Jane, Guinness and Murphy]

Wow, I can't believe it has been four years either!  I'm so glad you and Jack found each other!  Happy Anniversary.

[Adrienne]

Great story!  Hope that you have many more wonderful Anniversaries with Jack--he is such a cutie.

[Jill, Woody & Maxi]

Happy Anniversary!!! :)

[Leslie and Halas]

Happy gotcha day!

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

Such a great story!  He is so, so cute!  Glad you are feeling better, too! 

[Jennifer and Jack]

Thank you again, It is so much fun when you are oozing love to be able to share it with people who understand it so much. I too pray that I get lots and lots of years with my boy but one thing I know is no one is guaranteed anything.... on either side so we LOVE to live with no regrets.

I love to live in general like it could be our last day... Not because I am sick, I think I got that attitude when I did trauma in the ER .. I only did it for a little over a year but in general you always see the worst case scenarios. I remember the husband and the wife who had a fight in the morning and he stormed off for work and stopped at the gym on the way home and dropped of a rare  heart disease...I remember the wife banging on her chest screaming because she wanted to tell him she was sorry but it was too late.... . the fatal car accidents where things were left unsettled between people. and the horror they felt... I remember sitting with people who's lives have been flipped upside down and I can't tell you how many times I heard them say, I wanted to,  I wish I would have, I wish I could have said one last thing.

Those life lessons will stick with me forever .....

It is amazing to live knowing that everyone I love knows I love and appreciate them and it is amazing to know that when ever Jack's last day was, to the best of my ability, I gave him the absolute best life possible and that when he passes, I will never regret the walks that I let him pee on everyones mailbox.. which is almost every walk, I will never regret caving and giving him extra walks even when I was tired... or regret anything with him.

It is the way that I love to live.....I pray with all my heart no sickness or tragic event happens with him.. but one thing for sure is as long as that baby is in my care, he will be rotten, and I will never regret it.

Of course rotten doesn't mean .. bad manners or ruling the house.... though sometimes i do think he does rule the house... LOL

Every day I have Jack is a much better day then it would be without him, that is for sure.

[Lori, Quincy & Frankie]

So sweet- I always tell my husband and son that I love them each time we part and now I tell Quincy, too.  Of course, he prefers I tell him with the cream cheese Kong I give him before I leave and the spare for his dog walker to give him later in the day!  

[Jarka, Monty & Auggie]

I just now saw this. Happy Anniversary!!!

I feel like everything happens for a reason. Look, even Jack and Monty have the same birthday, and our anniversary is actually today. And, we got to meet you last summer and will again this summer. How cool is that?

[Sheila & Finnley]

That was such a sweet, touching, and funny story.

Thank you for sharing it with all of us Jennifer.

It's amazing how one small little creature can add so much meaning to our lives.

Happy Gotcha Day

(a day late) Jack ! 

Glad that you and your mom have each other, and that special grandma too.

Doodle HUGS from

Finnley

 

P.S. Finnley concurs that May 1st, her birthday is indeed a lucky day !

[Christine & Shelby]

What a story of your first day.... Made me giggle! Happy 4 year anniversary with your dear doodle Jack and I'm so happy to hear you are feeling better!

[Janie, Jackson and Jilly]

Congratulations to you both!