Why are we blessing pets on May 31, 2009? Because they bless us. There was a time when I was deeply depressed. I was working from home and had underestimated the power of having someplace to go every day. I had been very excited when I was promoted to a training specialist position and was charged with the responsibility of traveling all over the United States to train supervisors for my company. While I was traveling things were ok but after 9/11 travel came to a stand still and I was working from home and conducting all of my training by conference calls. I finally got to the point where I didn’t even get dressed every day. I would get up and make the long commute from my bedroom to my office and if there weren’t any calls scheduled I would answer a few emails and then head downstairs and lay on the couch.

Finally it got to the point where I didn’t even want to get out of bed. I could have laid there and died. But for two precious little creatures named Lucy and Ricky, I would have died. At first it was enough that they barked every morning at 5:55am if I wasn’t already up. They were on a schedule and if let me know that they were going to use the bathroom at 6:00am. The only question was where? Now often they would give me a grace period and let me sleep in until 7:00am. Then I would get up; open the back door, put out some food and go lay on the couch. Then after I really sank pretty low in my misery I wasn’t even getting up under penalty of pooh pick up. Then one day when I had really laid in the bed for hours past when I should have opened the door and put out the eats, I felt this pressure on my chest and I couldn’t breathe.

I opened my eyes and there was a black button nose in my face and four paws flat on my chest. I tried to push him away but Ricky would not be moved until I started to sit up. He totally had this look in his eye that said, “You brought me here, now feed me”. It was knowing that I was responsible for that little life that made me want to get myself together. I reached out for help, got a good shrink and pulled myself together. I have a baseball cap that says D.O.G. Depend On God. I love my animals and I’m sure you love yours too. Please send any stories you would like to share on our website about how your pets blessed you and we will be happy to post them.

In Love and Oneness,
Tia