12.19.10 – probably one of the most anticipated exciting days of my 36 almost 37 years of life. It was a Sunday. I flew to Tampa, Florida the previous Wednesday for a work conference. First time in Tampa – not overly impressed but loved a restaurant down the road. $50 meal that was supposed to be covered by the company who sent me there but wasn’t. That was a ‘mind sticking’ meal – the only $50 meal I’ve paid for to date.
I extended that stay for 36 hours to spend some time with family near Orlando before heading back home. Ice storm that weekend in Iowa. My Sunday 7am flight didn’t end up getting to Cedar Rapids until middle of the afternoon but I got there. Bright sunny glistening ice everywhere.
I left that CR airport parking lot full of excitement. I was off to pick up my first ever 4 legged daughter – she had to stay at my sister’s house for an extra week. She didn’t mind all the extra attention and time with her litter mate brother which my sister ended up keeping of that accidental litter in her living room.
Madi – she wobbled -only as a puppy can wobble – over to me as I entered the house and wagged her tail as though I had never seen her before and she had to introduce her energetic forever!’
Take a minute and reflect on those handful of times, experiences, conversations that are really life altering. Those moments that make you ask yourself ‘If this would have happened differently or not at all, how different would everything be?’
That’s December 19, 2010 in a nutshell. That would be, could have been life was over on this day. And I’ve loved every second of the detour.
Madi is a detour I needed and wanted 8 years ago today. And I still enjoy the scenic route she has created on our journey of life.
12.19.16 – Madi and waited six full years; exactly 6 years. This was the day I signed the adoption papers for Moo. She was beautiful to the eye but most couldn’t understand why an active family would want an almost 8 year old to join our family. It was easy – Madi loved her instantly. And so did I. It was more than her beautiful markings, show ring prance, and her ability to put on a show inside an agility ring. She was more beautiful on the insight. Graceful, patient, caring, loving, appreciative, fun loving, adventurous, supportive, aware, insightful, and off the chart intelligent.
There was no drastic detour with her – she belonged on the path that Madi and I had created together. Just like the scarecrow deserved to be on the path with Dorthy on The Wizard of Oz.
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