Well, however it is, I know my 'Puppy' found me in 1993 - three years after my brain surgery. She simply wondered into my front entrance where I had left some grains for the birds.
I thought she was a 'puppy' (because she loved the milk I brought her), turned out she's a toy poodle barely 4.5 lbs (eventually grew to 6 lb and the vet told us to hold back the BBQ ribs...
She'd accompanied me through another brain surgery (Gamma-knife radiosurgery in 2001) and two breast cancer surgeries and chemotherapy (2003, 2007)
When she turned 'stiff' on our kitchen floor one winter day (early January 2008) after my last chemotherapy stopped prematurely because of lowered MUGA score, I just knew that God had sent her to comfort me during all my illnesses and treatment.
One of my bosses (the best one I've ever had) commented when he saw the picture of 'Puppy' that it had to be the type of dog I would have (he was putting out every staff's pet picture in a display case and let the students to match the pet with the owner) Because I'd been dressed rather nice (was given some very nice/expensive outfit by a local physician's wife when I was working at another library - she thought all of her daughter's clothes would fit me. She was right.) and everyone thought hubby is good-looking and a nice guy, he thought I have 'taste'...
Another one of my friends, a waitress in the restaurant where I worked as a cashier for over three years, accurately assessed the situation. She said it's because I did not 'discriminate'. I was never picky in choosing things or people. Consequently I always get the best...
Yes, God always gives (and takes) the best.
[Truthfully, I've been wondering if Puppy's flea collar had contributed (at least partially) to my brain tumor recurrence and two bouts of breast cancer...
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