How I earned my wings...

So this is how I earned my wings...well, first I had a great mommy who showed me so much love. Ever since I was a puppy she adored me and loved me and spoiled me. She trained me and gave me structure and discipline, we growing boys and girls need that. All the love she gave me showed me how to love in return. I was drawn to her and she was drawn to me. I always knew she would give me an ear rub or head rub if I placed my head in her lap and did that often. Or heck, if I felt a little insecure she would do that for me if I came up to her. When I wanted a neck or back rub I just put my head in her lap and then once her hand petted my head I quickly turned around and backed into her and she knew what I wanted. Oh yeah, I had her trained!!!!

But all the love she showed me in turn made me a very loving lab, she took me to visit our friend Patsy and I quickly realized I make people happy!!!! When we walked down the hallway people came up to me and smiled and I realized my presence brought happiness and I LOVED seeing their smiles and would wag my tail for them and sit and let them pet me and rub my head and heck OK I was spoiled, but it was a win win situation for me, I made them happy and that made me happy and I also got a few rubs and pets here and there, and let me just say I was really in a good mood because as you know from reading previous posts, I am a crotch sniffing dog and I was doing my best to get all the scents down ( mommy kept pulling me away from people in wheelchairs that could not get away from my attempts) so yeah, it was a win win for me all the way around!!!

Mommy is happy knowing I am in heaven because she knows she will see me again. I will explain how she knows in more detail in another post, but she is happy knowing I am with our Lord and free of pain and suffering and very happy, she looks forward to seeing me again and when I look down I see her joy, yes, she misses me greatly and cries a tear or two in remembrance but she smiles through it as she knows we are only separated for a season. She may get another puppy in her future but she and I both know there will NEVER EVER be another OUTLAW!!!! God truly broke the mold after he made me, and he did MAKE me just for mommy and we both know this. I am also keeping an eye on my sister Mandy from up here and she is being very good with mommy and she only swatted at her three times, she misses me and is mourning and has since stopped swatting her when she tries to pet her. I have another post about my sister knowing how the ashes are mine, bless her heart, she truly did love me, and I truly did love her too.

Well, I have more swimming to do and I wont post as often as I used to because there is so much love and joy and swimming in heaven for me I forget but I will continue from time to time. P.S Mommy, I really love you and thank you for being a great mommy to me, and keep on going on the walks!!!!

I am in heaven....8/28/98--5/3/2011

Wow, it is so beautiful up here!!!! I decided to take a short break from my beautiful surroundings and update my blog for my mother. I was so sick since the last entry I was not able to keep up to date on the entries. I had a rare form of tongue cancer. My tongue got pretty big and hard, and it was hard to eat, and I was in pain. I almost made it to the good ole age of 13 and was shy by three months.

I had 12.5 great years with my mommy!!! She loved and spoiled me greatly! Even when I was sick, she hand fed me, sometimes I know she scraped her hands on my teeth when she had to put the food far back so I could swallow. I also made the biggest mess on the kitchen floor when I ate. Sometimes it would take her an hour to feed me, clean up my mess, give me the pills, give me water. I made her work hard at taking care of me but she enjoyed it. She truly cherished every moment that she did it. And she never complained when I had the poop accident while she was at work, or when I would wake her up a few times in the middle of the night because I needed my pain pill or wanted to eat or go outside.

She cried a lot and I hated seeing her cry, she loved me like I was her little boy and hell yes!!! I was her little boy! She always said she wished she could have birthed me as she loved me so much! And I believe her!! We did everything together. We went to a nursing home every Sat to visit a friend and made some new ones. We went on lots of walks, mommy never stopped taking me places and doing things with me when she found out I had cancer, as a matter of fact we did more things. She made sure I had my rest, but she also made sure I got to go out and have fun. Car rides, walks, swims, ice cream stops, visits with friends, and I was taken to the dog trainer/sitter when she was at work.

I got to hang out with Kevin and Ubo, and had fun while mommy was at work. All I did was sleep most of the day but I still had fun there. Mommy prayed a lot for God to show her a sign a rainbow, to let her know I would be in heaven and she saw it!!! I always knew I would be in heaven and now she knows for sure I am in heaven and she has stopped crying. She knows we will see each other again!! Mommy created this blog back in 09 when she first thought I had cancer, and she wanted to remember all the fun we had so when my time really did come, she would find comfort in the memories, so I began writing in it and God said I could write some from heaven until my sister feels like taking over for me.

I just want to share some fun things mommy and I did during my last month and a half with her. I think she could use this. She misses me greatly and I see her sadness, just because she knows one day we will meet again, she is still sad and lonely now. I think this will help her. I love God, he is an awesome God, he created me just for mommy!!! It is so beautiful and peaceful here and lots of water to play in. There is this beautiful water fall, and there is a rainbow that arches over it, the water is a brilliant blue with multiple hues, and I run and jump in and swim all day long!!!!!! Actually, it is time for another dip in the water!! So, for now I am going to end this and pick back up with some funny stories to share. Oh and there is a special place for cats in heaven too....wait until I update that part of the blog, sure my sister will enjoy it!!!!