Monthly Archives: December 2014

I’d like to share a truth with you, something I do not normally talk about, something about which I tend to be sensitive. You see, I have a disability, a true out-and-out, dyed-in-the-wool disability – car plate indicator and all. If you had seen me out running errands or at church or anywhere else I tend to frequent, you wouldn’t necessarily have known about this disability unless I was having a “stormy” day. But now, well, now you couldn’t help but notice because now I have a constant companion, a 65-lbs shadow. He trails at me heel, sits when I ask (mostly), gets me things when I need, even closes the curtains and turns off the light when told, sometimes when not told if he thinks there could be a treat coming his way. This 65-lbs shadow is a little, yellow Labrador retriever named Jug. Continue reading →