April 12,2008
We had a big celebration for the Ugadi and Daksha and myself decided to do something special as mom and daughter and we signed up to dance in the occasion. She loves to dance and though I have tried in several occasions in school and college I simply wasn't sure if this was a great idea .I did not want to embarass myself in front of her but Daksha has a great gift in making everything sound very simple. I always believed that we would be the ones teaching our kids to live a certain way and prepare them for the world but my daughter has been my greatest inspiration in taking things easy and also enjoy everything big or small. She loves everything around her and for her everyday is new and she alwayse has something to look forward to even if its learning new numbers/words in Spanish.For me growing up that was called "school work" not associated with fun definitely.
That morning we woke up thinking this is the day we are going on stage . There was tons to get done before the event in the evening including a dress rehearsal in the afternoon.We didn't know somebody made some alternative plans to change our lives that day.
We had contemplated for a long time about adopting a child and when we had our son that idea was out of the door. We were definitely not ready to take up the challenge of raising three kids and make ours understand why their brother/sister looked very different from them. We decided we would adopt a dog preferrably one who would receive a new lease in his/her life.
We found out there were some puppies who were possibly going to be euthanised if they did not get homes because of the limited space in the shelters as well as the limited donations the shelters were having to make do with.
It was pouring rain that morning . The previous day we had gone online and decided to pick up a 5 month old Lab puppy "Cotton" who was abondoned by his previous owners. Both of us thought he would be the perfect fit for us. By the time we called them in the afternoon the lil guy was already adopted. So we decided we will show up at the shelter and look at some puppies and also put our names in their list so they can call us in case they had a puppy .
Little did we know our lives would change that day and so would another poor puppy's .We entered a room full of screaming puppies all wondering why people were not picking them up and taking them away from this dreadful cold room . We saw a lil brown guy sitting and shaking in the corner. He was in the pen with two of his brothers.When we checked the shelter in the morning we had decided we would pick up a female puppy called "Silvia" ( we would rename her ofcourse) and may be Daksha would have someone close to a sister . But as we drove into the shelter we say another couple walk out with Silvia.. .we went in secretly hoping there was another female in the litter or it would break Daksha's heart.
Ofcourse there were no more girls left in the litter so we decided to pick a lil guy instead. We saw the one lil guy sitting very quiet and almost depressed that his sister left and thought he would be the one.Skandha was so thrilled to see someone smaller than him.We came home with him and introduced him to Patches . The quiet lil guy in the shelter and the shaking puppy in the car was long gone... he was so Happy to have actually have a home and a family and he was running all over the place. We decided to name him "Happy Cotton" to remember the puppy thay inspired us to make a difference . He is cheerful chubby 5 month old lab now... he loves to run,chew and jump . He cracks us up totally when he walks holding Patches tail .We thought we were making a difference in his life but he ended up making a big difference in all of ours.
We love you Happy !!
We had a big celebration for the Ugadi and Daksha and myself decided to do something special as mom and daughter and we signed up to dance in the occasion. She loves to dance and though I have tried in several occasions in school and college I simply wasn't sure if this was a great idea .I did not want to embarass myself in front of her but Daksha has a great gift in making everything sound very simple. I always believed that we would be the ones teaching our kids to live a certain way and prepare them for the world but my daughter has been my greatest inspiration in taking things easy and also enjoy everything big or small. She loves everything around her and for her everyday is new and she alwayse has something to look forward to even if its learning new numbers/words in Spanish.For me growing up that was called "school work" not associated with fun definitely.
That morning we woke up thinking this is the day we are going on stage . There was tons to get done before the event in the evening including a dress rehearsal in the afternoon.We didn't know somebody made some alternative plans to change our lives that day.
We had contemplated for a long time about adopting a child and when we had our son that idea was out of the door. We were definitely not ready to take up the challenge of raising three kids and make ours understand why their brother/sister looked very different from them. We decided we would adopt a dog preferrably one who would receive a new lease in his/her life.
We found out there were some puppies who were possibly going to be euthanised if they did not get homes because of the limited space in the shelters as well as the limited donations the shelters were having to make do with.
It was pouring rain that morning . The previous day we had gone online and decided to pick up a 5 month old Lab puppy "Cotton" who was abondoned by his previous owners. Both of us thought he would be the perfect fit for us. By the time we called them in the afternoon the lil guy was already adopted. So we decided we will show up at the shelter and look at some puppies and also put our names in their list so they can call us in case they had a puppy .
Little did we know our lives would change that day and so would another poor puppy's .We entered a room full of screaming puppies all wondering why people were not picking them up and taking them away from this dreadful cold room . We saw a lil brown guy sitting and shaking in the corner. He was in the pen with two of his brothers.When we checked the shelter in the morning we had decided we would pick up a female puppy called "Silvia" ( we would rename her ofcourse) and may be Daksha would have someone close to a sister . But as we drove into the shelter we say another couple walk out with Silvia.. .we went in secretly hoping there was another female in the litter or it would break Daksha's heart.
Ofcourse there were no more girls left in the litter so we decided to pick a lil guy instead. We saw the one lil guy sitting very quiet and almost depressed that his sister left and thought he would be the one.Skandha was so thrilled to see someone smaller than him.We came home with him and introduced him to Patches . The quiet lil guy in the shelter and the shaking puppy in the car was long gone... he was so Happy to have actually have a home and a family and he was running all over the place. We decided to name him "Happy Cotton" to remember the puppy thay inspired us to make a difference . He is cheerful chubby 5 month old lab now... he loves to run,chew and jump . He cracks us up totally when he walks holding Patches tail .We thought we were making a difference in his life but he ended up making a big difference in all of ours.
We love you Happy !!
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