Sophie's Paw Prints
She came into my life on 20NOV2011.
I had been contemplating the idea of having a dog a few years before she came to my life. However, there was always a reason for not having a dog. I was afraid that I couldn't afford a dog. I was not sure how committed I would be to walking the dog. Finally, I had no idea if my family would be OK with me to have a dog. I had heard multiple negative judgments from my family toward dog owners.
My husband and I went through times of me wanting to have a dog and he would reject the idea. As well times in which he would want a dog and I wouldn't be open to the idea. Last November he wanted a dog and I was rejecting the idea. I was going through a tough time and I couldn't imagine taking care of another being.
One evening, as I was complaining to my dearest friend about being and feeling lonely, the idea of having a dog came to me. I came home and I told my husband that I want a dog. I always considered myself as someone who would enjoy to have a medium or large dog. However, based on very reasonable discussions that I had with my husband we decided that based on our current living situation, owning a big dog would not be feasible.
Then came my search for different kinds of small dogs. Pictures of Yorkie puppies stole my heart. From there I looked in many different places to get a Yorkie. I wanted a male puppy. After I decided that I wanted to adopt, I found Rowlett Animal Adoption. When I went with my husband to look at their Yorkies, Sophie caught my eye. I liked her colors. Vitali picked her up and she was very quite. I had done a lot of research about adopting dogs and adopting a quite dog was not something that was encouraged.
A few months ago, there was this odd night that there was lots of thunderstorms around my home. Thunders don't usually intimidate me, however, that night I was a bit scared. We were at home and the size of the hail was so big that we thought our windows are going to break. Still, I wasn't too concerned and the only thing Vitali and I talked bout was that purchasing home insurance would be a great idea. On the other hand, Sophie was so scared and nervous that I was worries she might have heart attack... She was sitting close to Vitali and I for hours and breathing hard.
When I went back to work the day after I realized the extent of how bad the weather was... People were hiding in their closets and in the bathtub with their bicycle helmets! We just went to bed early.
What was interesting to me after I thought about the situation was that, at any time in my life natural disasters are more devastating than any other concern in my life. It stands to reason that I should have been more concerned with the hail than the home insurance. Sophie was sitting exactly besides me and was in the same situation as I was yet she was able to realize what the real danger was. Perhaps because she was more in touch with her nature...