My Nunny 2: Thanks For the Memory

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Thanks For the Memory

THEN

NOW

Friday Feb 19, 2010 was a sad day in our home. We had to say good bye to our little pal Wicket. This was harder than I thought it would be. I knew the time was coming, but no matter how old your "puppy" gets, you never are ready. He has been a huge part of all our lives. The kids got him for Christmas 1991 and at first I was against the idea firmly under the belief little dogs weren't really dogs...boy have my ideas changed! He brought such joy to us. He was always there, licking your tears, running to you as soon as you came in the door, climbing onto your lap as soon as you sat on the floor. The true meaning of unconditional love. He would take turns sleeping with Dean and Brittany and eventually found his way into my room. When he was just a puppy he would go to school with me on Fridays as a reward for the kids in my class. I really think this helped develop his wonderful personality. I don't know how many of my friends got Shih Tzu's because they fell in love with Wicket. He touched so many lives and will be missed so very much. We all love you.

2 comments:

noelle said...: you had a wicket!? he is so cute. we were so sad when our wicket died, but you probably took better care of yours than we did of ours :). lucky dog.; March 4, 2010 at 8:28 AM
Debbie said...: the kids named him...they may have even named him after yours. your wicket was a shih tzu also wasn't he? don't remember it being around for long, then of course i lost ambers dog (the black cocker)Maddie??? yea, we were lucky to have him for so long, beings i don't really take dogs to the vet much. of course i hate going to the doctor myself!; March 4, 2010 at 2:24 PM

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Debbie & Raul

We met at Calle Mayor Middle School at the end of Dean’s 8th grade year. On the last day of school, Dean and a friend were playing around and Raul, being the observant man that he is, asked which kid was mine, which is a reasonable question unless of course you had seen the other child! My reply was, “Oh I can tell you are a highly trained detective being you felt compelled to ask that question”. However, there was something about him that caught my attention, despite his highly trained eye. We didn’t see eachother until September when he was assigned as the Resource Officer for the south end. He was teaching classes for the DARE program and the kids in my class obviously needed to attend. I volunteered to be the one to take them, and of course needed to stay with them to make sure they behaved! Well one thing lead to another and the next thing I knew he invited me to go jet skiing at the river with a bunch of friends. I loved it immediately and I think he was impressed that I got on and never looked back. We dated for over a year when he asked me to marry him, by having me arrested for a unpaid seatbelt ticket (I’ll tell the entire story later).