Just because your dog doesn’t seem to be in any pain, just because they seem to be healthy doesn’t mean you don’t need to take them in for regular checkups just as you do with yourself. At least once a year. I know not everyone has the money to do this, but if that’s the case you shouldn’t own a dog. Our dog just lost a tooth the other day. Ana asked me if it was the whole tooth the only part of the tooth which got me to thinking… It only looks like the upper half of the tooth which means that the bottom half could still be embedded in the gum. See this was very ignorant, if not stupid on my part -not to think better. My reasoning at the time, “she doesn’t appear to be in any pain”. Apparently this was likely motivated by not wanting to take her to the vet. Or the difficult task of opening up her mouth and looking inside with her trying to bite me. This apparently is due to a lack of parenting experience or skills on my part. Being a parent requires doing hard things, and taking on the burden of expense as well. I’m not real happy with myself over this right now. You can’t claim to love someone, and neglect them, or act thoughtless at the same time!

Jonathan Smith “And I thought man was supposed to be mankind’s best friend”.

Thank you Lord for bringing this thought back to me which I had neglected to write down while brushing my teeth this morning. ” My entire life people have been the focus of my attention, my focus, my enslavement. Perhaps this will prove to be an asset regarding the work God has called upon me to do -perhaps with a little tweaking…

Perhaps the gap between being a self imposed slave and equality is not so why it’s not so wide after all. I have acted inferior to others all of my life -though I have acted tried to the contrary, though I have tried to believe otherwise..