This is my little family but nothing about them is little! You see, these 2 boys have really been there for me this year. I would have to use the word HUGE when I describe the difference that they have had on my life during this crazy time.
When I look at my amazing husband in this photo, the word STRENGTH comes to mind.
He remained strong for me during these past 9 months when I felt so weak. There were days that I wanted to just sleep the day away and then there were the days that I honestly didn’t want to fight for what we have anymore as I was so down and couldn’t see past my own problems that COVID had brought on. I couldn’t see past the here and now and chose to dwell on how painful the present appeared.
Honestly I don’t know how he made it through this year with me as I made it quite challenging for him. He would do everything in his power to make me happy day after day but it was a hard feat for him to accomplish. I just couldn’t get past all the bad things going on. Or let’s say I chose to not look past all the bad things and I chose to keep drowning myself in self pity.
But he wouldn’t give up on me. He chose to stand by his wife to love her no matter what and to be there for her no matter what. Wow…am I a lucky gal or what?!
And then you have my cute little (not so little anymore) furry guy PJ! God knew that this guy would be such a help to me when we got him 17 months ago.
You want to know something ironic about PJ?
I had been doing a pretty intense training program with PJ for him to become a therapy dog and was about halfway through the program when COVID hit. Because of the uncertainty of the virus I withdrew him from the class. I wanted PJ to be a therapy dog so he could go and bless others that needed a furry friend to make them happy and put a smile on their face. Well all that training was training that would be needed for ME!
I needed a therapy dog myself! PJ became the therapy that I needed. One night I remember sitting on my bedroom floor when I was all alone and I broke down crying and PJ came up to me and started licking my tears that were streaming down my face. It’s like he knew and he was exactly what I needed in that dark moment.
Many days I would be down and had no motivation but PJ would do something silly or just sit down right beside me and all of a sudden everything was alright again.
So this is my little family. My little family has done BIG things to keep me going and they continue to brighten my days with unwavering support, words of affirmation and slobbery licks all over my face. I love my little fam!
