Well, it is time for some thoughts from the other half (the better one right???) Actually, I am completely touched and thankful that my husband chose early on to use blogging as a way of sharing this important time in our relationship & familyhood. If I would have had a better sense of what a blog was 2.5 years ago, then I probably would have begun one at that time as we began to foster then adopt our fabulous dog Soleil. I can recall a sense of maternal calling the first night we brought her home on Sept. 23rd, 2005 when she and I spent the wee hours of the morning looking at each other thinking "who are you and why have you come into my life and why are we wide awake at 4am??" I remember thinking if she were a baby how would I feel?
Soleil had just survived a devastating hurricane, traveled in a small van with about 15 other dogs on the long journey from New Orleans to California, and upon arrival was confined from the others for having ringworm! She wasn't the dog that everyone was seeking because of condition and she was a female PUPPY! But we brought her home. We were called to be her parents! We had no idea what this would mean or how it would change our lives. It was a leap of faith. The next day as she and i were going to the vet (the LONG drive towards the Oakland Hills which felt like days!), we hit the "low moment." I pulled over in tears because I felt like I didn't know what she needed or how to help her. She put her paw on my shoulder and communicated "that everything would be okay." It was a clear sign that it would and that was the transcendent moment when we fell in love!
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