Ricki is a girl. I saw the above picture on an animal rescue site & just had a gut feeling she needed me. That face said it all. The same thing happened when I got Lucy. I felt guided to both dogs. Lucy was so afraid of humans she bit the vet on her first visit-tho Ricki is the oldest pup I've rescued-months older. Now Lucy's one of his favorites. He always loves my dogs. I asked him why one time as he was on the floor with all 3 I had at the time. He said I had a habit of finding abused or abandoned animals & had a way of turning them into loving creatures. He could sit on the floor with them & check them. His biggest obstacle was keeping them from kissing his face so he could see what he was doing. From his perspective, they treated him like visitors to our home-not with fear like most dogs in the vets office. My heart broke when the rescue agent said that no one else wanted Ricki (then called Lynx) because she was so afraid. As soon as I heard that I said I'd take her-the gal was surprised & asked me to repeat myself.
As for her name, I had two choices. I have Lucy-who got her name because my gut said once she was coaxed out of her shell she'd have lots of 'splainin to do, and boy was I right. Worst puppy ever. One of the best adults you'll find. So, the new one would either be Ethel or Ricki. Ethel was my great grandmother's name, & it just didn't have the right feel when thinking of the time when Lucy is no longet around. Therefore Ricki won. In the end, she'll be a great dog too, as love will always win.
Hi everyone.
I had to take some time out again from the forum. I am not very helpful here when things are chaotic at home.
You may/not have noticed my obsession over this year in my posting with the situation in my own country (the UK). There is a reason for that, as the UK situation has personally affected my life and this has been a lot to do with problems with medical supplies I'm dependent on - caused by a combination of incompetence and poor goverment management of covid and Brexit. That is one of the reasons why I have had to take breaks from posting here. Every week for the past 3 months has been a non-stop thing, and I just could not participate properly any discussions with all that going on.
Like others, my family has lost family members during the pandemic, and more recently my mum's mother has passed away from cancer.
My mum is also my carer for me, due to my medical problems and IV lines I have to use, but she has had her own health problems and has had to go through all the medical supply issues with me and now losing her mother. It has just been non-stop.
A lot of it has felt nightmarish, and a similar repeat of last year when we lost a family member (around the same time of year too almost to the exact date). Similarly it has felt like a reoccurring nightmare with my healthcare being dropped by health services - which has been delay after delay for my treatment I have been waiting for and disruption to medical supplies.
We are all trying to do our best as a family and take one day at a time, but all the supply issues, losing family members on top of everything else, has been a lot to deal with and quite overwhelming.
I wish I could say that my family's difficulties have been limited to just this past year during the pandemic, but this really hasn't been the case. We have all had a lot to deal with over the past 11 years but this past year with the pandemic and the UK situation has piled on even more.
I'm not really looking for personal prayers or sympathy, but if you do want to send any prayers, please send them to my mum. I just wanted to vent somewhere and explain my posting behaviour and why my focus has been a lot on the UK political situation and why this has been a source of deep frustration.
You are dealing with a tremendous amount right now.
I am happy to see you have posted again though wish it was for happier reasons. Yes, you have been missed and of course we can send healing energy and love to your mum. May you both have a sense of peace and feel these heavy burdens lift from your shoulders. May the UK right the many wrongs within its border right now.
@luminous I’m happy to pray for you and your Mum. May you both feel peace. May you both feeling healing. May you both feel protected in this period of chaos and frustration. May your lost family members Rest In Peace. I am sending you my love and light and believe you and your Mum will get through this period. May you find comfort and peace of mind.
Hey folks, if you can spare a little time, please send healing energy to Marty, a special dog who is having cancer surgery tomorrow. The type of cancer he has is very serious and aggressive. We're hoping it's been caught early.
Marty is an angel on Earth, and a huge part of the life of someone I love very much. Losing Marty would be unbearable. Thanks for any and all good thoughts and prayers. xoxo