The Gratitude Challenge – Day 17

I’d like to invite you to take the Gratitude Challenge with me. Every day during the month of January join me in setting an intentional attitude of gratitude by writing about one thing you are grateful for. Hopefully our new attitude will last beyond January and carry us throughout the year. Email your gratitude to me at AuntB@MamasHealth.com or write below in the comments.

Day 17

Molly is a dalmation that loves attention. She belongs to a friend of mine and greets me at the door barking as if she’s never seen me before (even though I was just here a week ago), her whole body wiggling, her tail whipping back and forth like a windshield wiper on speed. Her owner opens the door, half bent over, hanging on to Molly’s collar, lest she bolt out of the house running, sniffing and peeing her way down the street. Like most dogs, Molly has no respect of persons. It didn’t take much for her to accept me. Molly wouldn’t care if I had blue hair and elbows coming out of my shins, as long as I spoke to her and petted her head, she’d be fine. As I sit and type now, she’s looking at me with soulful eyes and occasionally coming over to plop her head in my lap and stare at the screen, as if to say, “Are you writing about me? Please write about me.”

Today I’m grateful for our four-legged furry friends, the pedigreed and the mutts, the trained and the ones that need extra attention. We pretty much accept animals how they come to us and I’m grateful for that and wish we did more of that with each other.

- Aunt B