growing up, my best friend had a chow chow....named chow. it was the cutest creature i had ever seen...furry, fluffy...just the cutest. however, chow saw things differently. chow did not feel the love and did not want anyone to feel its love. anytime i went to pat the dog i took my life into to my hands. i never quite knew the reaction i was going to get. sometimes i was surprised and greeted with a friendly nuzzle and sloppy kiss...other times....watch out!
fast forward 30 (gulp!) years and i now have my own little "chow" at home...except instead of a purple tongue and fluffy coat....it has sticky fingers and two pig tails...and answers to "deirann". deirann is the cutest creature i have ever seen...cuddly, chubby....just the cutest. however, deirann sees things differently...especially when it comes to showing the love to her big sister. devin is desperate to have cuddles with her little sister and deirann will have NOTHING to do with it. in the middle of the night, in the deepest of sleeps, devin will reach out to her little sister and rest her arm on her ever so slightly only to have deirann (eyes still shut) pickup big sister's hand and drop it on the bed. it is funny to see but i do feel devin's frustration and since she will give cuddles on command (there are a lot of canine references in here that i am sure to pay for BIG in therapist's bills someday!) she does get very frustrated when the love is not reciprocated by deirann.
it is funny when deirann does offer some love...we jump at it say "devin stop what you are doing and take the love...enjoy it!" the last few weeks however, we have seen a slight change in little d. she has started to actually sit beside devin at dinner and even offer some kisses(!) without pleading or bribing....! i don't want to jinx things but i am hoping that this is the beginning of the sisterly love devin has been waiting 3 years for...(i just knocked wood as i typed that!). now, rest assured, i knew i would never have children that would be joined at the hip but i did hope they would be able tolerate each other. i also always figured that it would be the older one that would be telling the younger one to "leave me alone"...NOT the other way around. regardless, it is nice to finally be able to let them loose in the same room together and know that it will not (always) end in screaming and "leave me alone"
so hopefully, this is not just a phase and that we actually have been able to teach our "young" dog a new trick....
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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About Me
- Noeleen
- Burlington, Canada
- Description huh? Hmm...where to begin, what do I start with....? Ok, the basics...37 years old, married to my one love, have two incredible girls, a teacher by trade although unable to work fulltime in that field so I sub here and there and help my sister-in-law with her business. Recently returned back to the GTA after living in Bermuda for 10 years. Being close to family is great but I do miss the seaside. Interests....? I love making things, biking, music, playing outside...however I find time is what I am short of these days. Interests I wish I had...cooking incredible meals using more than 4 ingredients, exercise(apparently all that crap about burning calories while vacuuming and folding laundry doesn't count if you eat food!!)reading (grown up) books (I manage about 4 pages of my own novel a night thus my library overdue charges are quite large!). Things I like about me...my need for things to be in the right place, Things I am not so keen on about me....my need for things to be in the right place, my dislike for the telephone, my slight tendency to be a control nut...freak is sooooo overused.
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