Other moments of healing are unexpected. This morning as I was making breakfast and feeding my dogs, they were being silly. Ruby, the 2-year-old min-pin recently added to my pack was imitating Snips, the senior boxer who is less than half the size of most male boxers and thinks he's huge. He jumped on his hind feet and batted at her, doing the "boxing" thing, which is hilarious. In the month I've had Ruby, Snips has done his best to teach her how to be a proper (if embarrassingly small) boxer. She's learned to "box" right back. It's hilarious. She is easily 20% of his size, but they're both the same light shade of golden brown, with huge black eyes and docked tails, sleekly graceful but totally silly. I laughed aloud watching this simple, millenniae-old ritual of "parenting" the younger dogs in a pack. This made me smile. This was a moment of healing.
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Moments of Healing
Moments of healing occur. Some are due to big things that are hard to miss - congratulations for a job well-done, being told your new hairdo looks nice, thanks for a gift.
Other moments of healing are unexpected. This morning as I was making breakfast and feeding my dogs, they were being silly. Ruby, the 2-year-old min-pin recently added to my pack was imitating Snips, the senior boxer who is less than half the size of most male boxers and thinks he's huge. He jumped on his hind feet and batted at her, doing the "boxing" thing, which is hilarious. In the month I've had Ruby, Snips has done his best to teach her how to be a proper (if embarrassingly small) boxer. She's learned to "box" right back. It's hilarious. She is easily 20% of his size, but they're both the same light shade of golden brown, with huge black eyes and docked tails, sleekly graceful but totally silly. I laughed aloud watching this simple, millenniae-old ritual of "parenting" the younger dogs in a pack. This made me smile. This was a moment of healing.
Other moments of healing are unexpected. This morning as I was making breakfast and feeding my dogs, they were being silly. Ruby, the 2-year-old min-pin recently added to my pack was imitating Snips, the senior boxer who is less than half the size of most male boxers and thinks he's huge. He jumped on his hind feet and batted at her, doing the "boxing" thing, which is hilarious. In the month I've had Ruby, Snips has done his best to teach her how to be a proper (if embarrassingly small) boxer. She's learned to "box" right back. It's hilarious. She is easily 20% of his size, but they're both the same light shade of golden brown, with huge black eyes and docked tails, sleekly graceful but totally silly. I laughed aloud watching this simple, millenniae-old ritual of "parenting" the younger dogs in a pack. This made me smile. This was a moment of healing.
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I see the same thing when Tula decides to "box" one of my other cats...
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