A TRUE STORY..- Just something nice to read & share

[Sylviastarling Brown]

A TRUE STORY...

 Anyone who has pets will really like this story & even if you don´t & you may even decide you need one

Mary & her husband Jim had a dog named ´Lucky´ 
Lucky was a real character.

Whenever Mary & 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 something would come up missing.

 Mary or Jim would go to Lucky’s toy box in the basement & there the treasure would be,

Amid all of Lucky’s other favourite toys.

 Lucky always stashed his finds in his toy box & 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 3 year-old dog liked Jim, he was Mary´s dog through & 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

Mary was hospitalized for over 3 weeks. 

 Jim took Lucky for his evening walk faithfully, but the little dog just drooped, whining & was very 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 & 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 & she dozed.

When Mary woke for a second she couldn´t understand what was wrong.

She couldn´t move her head & her body felt heavy & 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 favourite things in life.

 He had covered her with his LOVE

 Mary forgot about dying instead she & Lucky began living again, walking
further & further together every day.

It´s been 12 years now & Mary
is still cancer-free. Lucky? 

He still steals treasures & stashes them in
his toy box but Mary remains his greatest treasure.

Remember... live every day to the fullest.

 Each minute is a blessing...
& 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...

If you see someone without a smile today or tomorrow - give them one of yours!
Be kind to people you know are lonely & have no family....

Live simply  

Love seriously

Care deeply  

Speak gently & be kind to all you meet

Treat people as you would like to be treated.......

Anonymous...

I thought this was a nice story & asked Mum to help me share it with everybody on here at Petbrags

Woofs & wags

BERTY & ABSY

[kanga]

thankyou bert and absy  for sharing   such a lovey  story our fur kids  are such a big part of our lives  and bring us so much we should be thankful for  the quote  If you,ve never loved a dog  then you,ve never truly loved at all......  is so true  when you read a story like this 

[Pippin Alexander]

Berty and Absy - What a beautiful story!  There is nothing so healing as unconditional love - and dogs give it!