The Christianville Spirit
The Spirit that touches lives
October 1, 2008-TCS # 119
As some of you know or are soon to find out that unfortunately one of our dogs passed away a week ago today. It happened to our dog that was the most famous and loved dog, Sophie. Sophie was getting really old and having health issues. So, we decided to put her down. Amazingly, she passed at 15 Years Old (which is about 104 Years Young Dog Years) but, aside from her passing away. She was an awesome dog to our family. The Story of Sophie has a sad beginning, months before we found her and she just hoped in Mr. Jeff’s Van; she was beaten by her old owner who lived across the street from My Mom’s friend Barb and Terrell’s House in Canyon Lake, TX (which is north of San Antonio). And, Barb told us about her crawling up to the dog bowl Barb put out for her because she would always come over to their house. So, one time we went down to visit Barb and Terrell. And, up comes Sophie crawling up to us and just hops in the van we had and sat on my brother’s lap. So, we decided “well, I guess we’re taking her home with us” so, from then on she just stuck to our family. Now, there are some funny stories about Sophie; like a couple times before our bedtime when we lived at the guy my mom dated named Mr. Jeff’s House. My brother’s bed was on one side of the room and mine was on the other. And, Mr. Jeff would have Sophie jump off my bed, to the floor, and on my brother’s bed. And, she would do it several times before we would go to bed. Also, Sophie had a thing about barking at cows. So, whenever drove to Mr. Jeff’s Lake house there would be cows in the farms on the side of the road so, we would say “Hey Sophie, Cows!” and she would bark like crazy. Another thing she would bark at was a huge giraffe standing in front of The Dallas Zoo. We would say “ Sophie, Look there’s the Giraffe” and she would bark. And, finally, my funniest thing she would do. There was one time, we were at the gas station that we would wait for My Dad, Sophie would get in the front seat and bark and her paws would be on the horn and when she barked, the horn honked. All in all, Sophie’s life has been quite an awesome one and she has been a GREAT dog to us.
Thanks for reading The Christianville Spirit. Think Positive on everything and everything will be ok.
This edition of The Christianville Spirit is dedicated in memory of Sophie
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