After posting Love is the Key on January 19th of this year, it still stands. I just love my dogs.
Maybe they have replaced caring for my granddaughters full time. LOL I do call Teddy Roosevelt (the pup) Penny June (the girl) from time to time. I have even called Penny Teddy, oops.
It must be the mothering thing. It just doesn’t go away as time goes by, it changes. I like that. After all, as we grow out of childhood into adulthood and the decades that entails, we don’t go away…..we change. We evolve. We grow.
We are still there – or here. I know for me, my whole life has grown and changed and evolved. Some of us “find ourselves” at a young age. Some never lost ourselves so therefore, didn’t have to find ourselves. Some of us, like me, did not grow up in an environment that knew myself. But I found me along the way and I love me.
Did you follow that paragraph? I hope so. The bible says to train up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not depart from it. I’ve heard countless times that it refers to faith and spiritual things. I believe it goes deeper than that.
If you have five children you cannot raise all five the same way. You have five different people in your care and all five are individual personalities. I believe that as parents we need to purposely find out who each one is and help them along the way to see who they are and who they will become. Then they won’t have to go on that journey of discovering who they are. They won’t lose themselves in life and then have to find themselves.
Wow. That almost twisted my head. I had two cups of coffee this morning and then a noon latte.
So, back to my dogs….. Teddy Roosevelt is just about five months old now and has already outgrown his brother George Bailey. The games continue….
Enjoy!
Cate B
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Awe…your dogs are just precious!! So so sweet! Fur babies add so much joy to our lives 🙂
Yes they do. Thank you.
those faces are adorable!!! especially wearing party hats!! that’s awesome!!
as always, great post Cate!!!
Thank you Friend!
Good thoughts Cate! We’re talking about identity with our young adults group– I think it does change over time– we’re still the same person– but with new insights and gifts– new relationships. it keep shifting. Hope you’re into a good week friend. xox
Thank you Rhonda!
I can relate! After raising 5 kids our new babies are cats. Two new kittens are keeping us pretty busy these days. And then we have our old girl cat who loves to sit on my lap and enjoy the antics of little ones! Life is good.
Yes. Life IS good. 😃
Love those pictures !!!!! They are cute !!!
Thank you so much! 😀