Hi Everyone,
We are back in town after a short trip to Gatlinburg, Tn. It has always been a favorite vacation spot for my family, all the way back to my childhood. We also have many great memories of going there with our two sons, Joe and Stephen. This was Cosmo's second trip with us and his first trip to Gatlinburg. One of the lessons in the second book I am working on will deal with his first trip with us. He did pretty well except when he had to wait for us in the room a couple of times. He was a big hit on the streets of Gatlinburg! We went downtown to window shop the first night we were there, and at times, we had a small crowd gathered around us looking at and talking about him...he is so great with people that we feel comfortable with supervision to allow people to interact with and pet him. Every day he wore a different snappy bandana so he was too cute! I was able to share with several people about "our" devotional book "31 Spiritual Lessons I Learned From My Dog". We spent some time today with me signing and Cosmo "pawtographing" some books ...it's a big mess to clean him up, but I think people appreciate his little personal touch! He is such a welcoming, loving little creature....I am so thankful for the gift of Cosmo to our life....he is truly Heaven-sent to us! More later,
Raylene and Cosmo
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Introduction to my Book
Today, I am posting the introduction to my book, "31 Spiritual Lessons I Learned From My Dog." I hope you enjoy it. Don't forget to order your copy at www.frontporchresources.com
Thirty-One Spiritual Lessons I Learned From My Dog
Introduction
It’s not that my husband and I had anything against dogs really, our lifestyle just did not seem to support having a dog.
Like most people our days, and even our evenings seem to be come more jam-packed each week.
I don’t know if you are aware of this fact, but dogs are a lot of work: the walking in all kinds of weather, the training, the grooming, plus the fact that everything has to be on a fairly tight schedule with little room for error. Seeing to all these needs can be very time consuming; it is a never-ending, daily routine of love and effort.
I guess we were rather spoiled after having a cat for the last several years. Now granted, cats are moody and dogs are always ready with affection, but cats are also very low maintenance. Just some food, water, litter box, and they’ll let you know loudly if they want anything else!
Along with all the work, also to be considered is the famous negative puppy behavior; chewing, barking, and accidents everywhere!
So, like I said, nothing personal against dogs, but we just didn’t think it was right for us.
That is, until our son’s girlfriend Anna requested a miniature dachshund puppy for her birthday. Joe so sweetly complied, drove a couple of hours, and paid a couple of hundred dollars to purchase this special gift.
We were doing o.k., firm in our resolve that “We really are more cat people” until we saw that little guy who was the color of a piece of melted chocolate, and who doesn’t love chocolate? Once our eyes met those brown eyes pleading “love me”, we were done for!
Since Anna was in college and needed quiet to study, and since dachshunds are famous for barking, the little guy named Cosmo began to “visit” us on weekends. Eventually, because of changes in both Anna and our son Joe’s living arrangements, neither of them could keep Cosmo, so they began to talk about options for him. They were discussing sending him to Chicago to live with her brother, when we realized we were totally smitten and could not stand to see him shipped up North! Besides, he’s a shivery little dog and he would freeze in the Windy City!
And so, we began our new occupation as fulltime caretakers to this little guy. It was during some of the daily chores I mentioned earlier that I began to see some spiritual parallels developing between our dealings with Cosmo and our Master’s dealings with us. I hope you can see yourself in these as well.
Thirty-One Spiritual Lessons I Learned From My Dog
Introduction
It’s not that my husband and I had anything against dogs really, our lifestyle just did not seem to support having a dog.
Like most people our days, and even our evenings seem to be come more jam-packed each week.
I don’t know if you are aware of this fact, but dogs are a lot of work: the walking in all kinds of weather, the training, the grooming, plus the fact that everything has to be on a fairly tight schedule with little room for error. Seeing to all these needs can be very time consuming; it is a never-ending, daily routine of love and effort.
I guess we were rather spoiled after having a cat for the last several years. Now granted, cats are moody and dogs are always ready with affection, but cats are also very low maintenance. Just some food, water, litter box, and they’ll let you know loudly if they want anything else!
Along with all the work, also to be considered is the famous negative puppy behavior; chewing, barking, and accidents everywhere!
So, like I said, nothing personal against dogs, but we just didn’t think it was right for us.
That is, until our son’s girlfriend Anna requested a miniature dachshund puppy for her birthday. Joe so sweetly complied, drove a couple of hours, and paid a couple of hundred dollars to purchase this special gift.
We were doing o.k., firm in our resolve that “We really are more cat people” until we saw that little guy who was the color of a piece of melted chocolate, and who doesn’t love chocolate? Once our eyes met those brown eyes pleading “love me”, we were done for!
Since Anna was in college and needed quiet to study, and since dachshunds are famous for barking, the little guy named Cosmo began to “visit” us on weekends. Eventually, because of changes in both Anna and our son Joe’s living arrangements, neither of them could keep Cosmo, so they began to talk about options for him. They were discussing sending him to Chicago to live with her brother, when we realized we were totally smitten and could not stand to see him shipped up North! Besides, he’s a shivery little dog and he would freeze in the Windy City!
And so, we began our new occupation as fulltime caretakers to this little guy. It was during some of the daily chores I mentioned earlier that I began to see some spiritual parallels developing between our dealings with Cosmo and our Master’s dealings with us. I hope you can see yourself in these as well.
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Welcome
This week I will begin posting and blogging about my dog Cosmo. Together we wrote a book entitled "31 Spiritual Lessons I Learned From my Dog." My husband says it is wonderful. Well
anyway, I'll be sharing a lot about the book and my dog in the days ahead. Come back often!
Raylene
P.S. Visit my web site to order a copy of my book! Thanks!
www.frontporchresources.com
anyway, I'll be sharing a lot about the book and my dog in the days ahead. Come back often!
Raylene
P.S. Visit my web site to order a copy of my book! Thanks!
www.frontporchresources.com
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