SAYING GOOD-BYE TO RAJA!

-








MEMORIAL TO RAJA
Raja was the beloved family pet. She was a shepherd mixed pooch. She was born on Christmas eve in 1997. 

 Raja bought joy to our family because she
was playful, mischievous  and had a healthy appetite. My son called her Miss Greedy.  She was very smart and had remarkable vocabulary. I had to remind her that she wasn't smarter than me. She smacked you with her paw when she needed to go potty. There were three tricks she had to do before she received a treat: 

 Give high five, lay down, and speak

 She would do the tricks without asking if she saw her favorite dog treat.

 She helped me get up after I slipped and fell on the snow one winter. Her and my husband were best buddies.  He sneaked her in our bedroom when I went on long shopping trips. He did not like to discipline her.   She grieved terribly when he passed 6 years ago. 

 She was pretty healthy most of her life. She had a couple run-ins with loose neighborhood dogs. The vet patched up her up minor scrapes and bruises. She didn't show signs of  declining health until October.  The vet said she had breast cancer and she passed away on November 6, 2017.

 Our family misses her a lot. She was a part of our lives for 20 years. Talking about
our fond memories of her has soothed our
grief.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

ADAM & EVE'S FAMILY TREE

-
Image
DEPICTION OF ADAM & EVE WITH THEIR CHILDREN I say thank you to PBS for featuring TV shows  on researching your family tree by Heny Louis Gates, Jr.  The show was called, "Finding Your Roots". I enjoyed this show and and eventually became very good at family tree research. Genealogy was important during Bible days and the Bible book of Genesis gives us several family trees. Today I am showing Adam and Eve’s family tree. GENESIS 2: 18, 22-24 18  And the Lord God said, “ It is not good that man should be alone; I will make him a helper comparable to him. 22  Then the rib which the Lord God had taken from man He made into a woman, and He brought her to the man. 23  And Adam said: “This is now bone of my bones And flesh of my flesh; She shall be called Woman, Because she was taken out of Man.” 24  Therefore a man shall leave h
Read more

CALLED BY THE LORD, PART 6

-
Image
DEPICTION OF JONAH RUNNING AWAY FROM THE LORD I was doing Bible study one night and it became clear to me that, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Deborah, Jael, Lydia, Seller of Purple, Rehab, The Twelve Disciples, and Paul were all CALLED by God. The Lord may require  some people to carry out a special task.There will be others that may be required to minister His Word and  travel around the world as a missionary.      This week I'll share scriptures about different men  and women that were called by the Lord. Some of these people were rebellious and did not want to answer His call.  All eventually did the Lord's will. Today, I will share scriptures which discuss that the Lord CALLED a man named Jonah.  He did not want to answer the Lord's call and ran away.  There were consequences to Jonah's actions. The Lord's will did prevail. He did go to Nineveh. JONAH 1: 1-4, 6-9, 12, 15-17 1  Now the word of the Lord came to Jonah the
Read more

CALLED BY THE LORD, PART 5

-
Image
DEPICTION OF RAHAB OF JERICHO I was doing Bible study one night and it became clear to me that, Noah, Moses, Jonah, Deborah, Jael, Lydia, Seller of Purple, Rehab, The Twelve Disciples, and Paul were all CALLED by God. The Lord may require  some people to carry out a special task.There will be others that may be required to minister His Word and  travel around the world as a missionary.   This week I'll share scriptures about different men  and women that were called by the Lord. Some of these people were rebellious and did not want to answer His call.  All eventually did the Lord's will. Today, I'll share scriptures which show how  a prostitute named  Rahab was used to help  Joshua's spies. Joshua, son of Nun, became  the ruler for the Israelites after Moses died. The Bible also tells us that the Lord is "not a respecter of persons"and accepts all who will respect him. It can be His will to use a harlot (prostitute)
Read more