Saturday, August 15, 2015

Trying to fill the void

For a while, it helped to stay busy. We kept the calendar full of activity to keep some excitement alive in our life. Mike and I have always loved being involved in missions, as a pre-engaged, engaged, and married couple, so we eagerly signed up as a family to serve on the next church mission trip in California. We used the money we’d poured into savings for our adoption travels as a way to self-fund our endeavor.
Less than four weeks after coming home from the East coast, we found ourselves flying out to San Francisco on the West coast. Not only did we help a new church expand its ministry, but we made new friends from our own church and tasted a little bit of California culture. Exactly what we needed.













With our travels wrapped up and no new trips on the horizon, we knew we could use a big change at home. David lacked a companion now more than ever since his “siblings” didn’t come home. Being an only child never bothered him before, but this new reality offered a screaming reminder that we had no sibling to offer our son. So, the search for a dog began.
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            An ad for a black lab caught our eye, reminding us of our two black labs in Indiana years earlier. David loved thinking about names for our new puppy.
“Maybe we could name him Rocky.” David imagined his pup growing into a big, tough dog.
“Rocky sounds like a good name, but what about Mickey, since he’s black?” I went for the fun names.
David and I went back and forth between the two names, finally deciding on Mickey. We drove out to pick Mickey up, and somehow I caved again. We came home not only with little Mickey, but with little Minnie, as well, the runt of the pack.






Those little pups added a lot of work and needed constant attention. Yet they filled part of the huge holes in our hearts and lives. We needed two of them, one of each gender, to help fill those voids the kids left behind. Now we had both a little girl dog and a little boy dog to take care of, nurture, and love--our valentines, home right in time for Valentine’s Day.

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