[Dailydrool] The dog...

[Suzabells at aol.com]

Lucky the  Dog....
( i just had to share this, i hope you print it on our wonderful  Daily 
Drool) Sue/daisy/Colorado  

Lucky was a real character. Whenever Mary  and Jim had company come  for a 
weekend visit they would  warn their friends to not leave their  luggage 
open  because Lucky would help himself to whatever struck his  fancy. 
Inevitably, someone would forget and som ething  would come up  missing. 

Mary or Jim  would go to Lucky's toy  box in the basement and there the 
treasure would  be,  amid all of Lucky's other favorite toys Lucky always  
stashed his  finds in his toy box and he was very  particular that his toys stay 
in the  box.

It  happened that Mary found out she had breast cancer.  Something told her 
she was going to die of this  disease....in fact;  she was just sure it was 
 fatal.

She scheduled the double  mastectomy, fear  riding her shoulders. The night 
before she was to go to  the hospital she cuddled with Lucky. A thought 
struck  her...what  would happen to Lucky? Although the  three-year-old dog 
liked Jim, he was  Mary's dog through  and through. If I die, Lucky will be 
abandoned, Mary  thought. He won't understand that I didn't want to leave  him! 
The  thought made her sadder than thinking of her  own death.

The double  mastectomy was harder on  Mary than her doctors had anticipated 
and Mary  was  hospitalized for over two weeks. Jim took Lucky for his  
evening  walk faithfully, but the little dog just  drooped, whining and  
miserable.

Finally the day  came for Mary to leave the hospital.  When she arrived  
home, Mary was so exhausted she couldn't even make it up  the steps to her 
bedroom. Jim made his wife comfortable  on the couch  and left her to nap. 
Lucky stood  watching Mary  but he didn't come to her when she called.  It 
made Mary sad but sleep soon  overcame her and she  dozed. 

When Mary woke  for a second she  couldn't understand what was wrong. She 
couldn't move  her head and her body felt heavy and hot. But panic  soon gave 
way to  laughter when Mary realized the  problem. She was covered, 
literally  blanketed, with  every treasure Lucky owned! While she had slept, the  
sorrowing dog had made trip after trip to the basement  bringing his  beloved 
mistress all his favorite things in  life.
He had covered her with his  love. 
Mary forgot about dying. Instead  she and Lucky began living again, walking 
further and  further  together every day.. It's been 12 years now and  Mary 
is still cancer-free.  Lucky He still steals treasures and stashes them in 
his toy box but Mary  remains his greatest treasure.   

Remember....live every day to the  fullest. Each minute is a  blessing from 
God. And never  forget....the people who make a difference in  our lives  
are not the ones with the most Credentials, the most money, or  the most 
awards. They are the ones that care  for  us.

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