Country Inspirations

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Aren't you glad we have someone in our life that will take over when you think "Okay Lord, What else can go wrong"? I am!! Sometimes we think we have to take care of everything ourselves and we get in over our heads and end up flat on our rear. This weekend was one of those! It has been a crazy few days. Saturday I had to take my step-daughter to dance class and then we stopped at the store and went home. When we got home, we noticed our neighbor's Black Lab was loose and running toward us at our garage. We quickly ran back in the garage and shut the door for fear of him jumping on us. He had already attacked a little neighbor boy the day before. I never thought this dog would do anything like that. One of the neighbors saw our trouble and came out to chase the dog away so we could get in our house. When I got in, my two dogs were waiting eagerly for us to arrive so we could take them outside. Just as I started to take them out, the Lab came charging at us on my porch. I quickly grabbed them and got back in the house. Then I thought, I have to do something about this. The owners were not at home and didn't know when they would return. I needed to get outside with my pets, so I took a leash and went out by myself to try and gain trust with the Lab. He has never acted out toward me before and I would always talk with him, so I wanted to get close to him to get the leash on him and put him in his cage. My step-daughter came out to see if I was okay and to bring me some treats to lure him. When she was standing there with me, he came right past me and attacked her. He tore her jeans and put a bruise on her leg and bit her side without tearing her clothing. I distracted the dog so she could get in the house. I then ran in the house to see how bad it was. Needless to say, I called 911 and had them to send an Ambulance and Animal Control. It wasn't real bad, but I did not know if this dog had all his shots or not. I thought the best thing to do was have them get her cleaned up and checked out. We ended up at the ER for 5 hours. They cleansed the wound and gave her a tetnus shot and an antibiotic. We have to keep ointment on the wound and change the dressing everyday. She is okay, but she now is leary of going outside without first looking around. Thank You God for Protecting Her!!

On this same day, my little niece Hannah, was in her first Pageant and she WON!!! YEAH!! She is pictured below! How sweet is she! She is 2 1/2.

And through it all I have had a really bad cold that I cannot seem to get rid of. " When it rains it pours"~~ rings true more times than not. However, we are not alone in all of our troubled times!! Thank you God for being here and helping us!!