Hi everyone!...First off I want to thank you all for your warmth, friendship, & gentle & caring words during this very difficult week...I really needed you guys...I needed people who understood that my little Pyr girl, Arwen, though she never got to live in my home, already lived in my heart...I will never forget the comfort I found here with you all...Tomorrow we will leave to make the long trip to get our little boy...We are all ready to welcome Pippin into our home & our lives...& yes, smile, he already fills a big place in my heart...I have realized, as a good friend told me, that sometimes the gifts we choose are not always the ones that God chooses to gives us...I accept that as a truth...There is a reason for all that happens & I have for a very long time believed that everything in the universe, for whatever reason, is unfolding exactly as it should be...I find alot of peace in that belief...The reason things happen that we don't understand is not always made clear to us right away...When we want them to...but, there is a reason, & I believe that oneday that reason is always revealed to us...For now I know that Pippin was meant to come home with us...That Arwen has taught me a lesson in acceptance, accepting the gifts God gives us even when it is not the gift we chose & faith in the reason why even if it is not totally revealed yet...I know that sweet little Arwen, our grinning girl, touched many people...She brought people together on a deeper level...She made it possible for me to know Jackie & develop a deeper friendship bond with her than if she had not passed on...Her short life counted...She had a purpose that is already evident to me & I believe a purpose that is yet to be revealed...She was truly a special little Pyr girl as Jackie told me so many times...I will never forget her...I will always love her...So, tomorrow we go to meet Pippin & Sun. morning we will load him up in our van with Sammy, his big white brother, my 2 children, my husband, & myself & our family will head for home...A new chapter begins in my life's book & I am looking so forward to it!...I will touch base with you all as soon as I can...I'll probably check back before bed tonight &, if I know me, lol, in the morning before we leave...Take care Big Paws family & know that I will be thinking of you all on our journey!
