The Luckiest Dog

I would never be as bold to say that my dog, Jake, is the smartest dog in the world. He's a little loopy and very prone to hide all of his toys in the shrubs. Of course a proud mama would always look for the best, so I have convinced myself that when he hangs his rubber ring on a branch and then drops his ball in between the leaves that he is actually just decorating his tree early for Christmas. The one thing I do know without a doubt is that he loves me, and today I think he did his best to try and make me smile.

We were outside for our evening game of ball. I throw the ball as far as I can and he chases after it like a rocket. Usually he will bring it back, but that is hit and miss. Tonight he took off running just like normal, but ran around the ball without stopping and headed back to me. He sat down about halfway between me and the ball. After saying "get the ball, come on, Jake, get the ball" ten to twenty times while he sat and looked at me I gave up and started back to the deck knowing he would follow. He didn't follow. He just sat there looking at me with his tongue hanging out and his head tilted. When I looked back, he put his nose down and rooted in the grass. He would look at me and then root the grass again. Well, anyone knows this is dog speak for "come here and see what I found."

So, I went over to see what my sweet puppy had found and discovered it was a 4-Leaf clover. Yes, he had his nose directly on a 4-leaf clover.

Now, I could choose to be logical at this moment and realize that it was hot outside and he was tired and didn't want to run so he sat down in a soft patch of grass to rest. OR, I could choose to think that my normally loopy dog sensed this was a bittersweet weekend for me and was trying to offer me a sign of love. I'm a pretty practical girl in most of my life, but for today I'm going to allow myself to accept this piece of magic.

The 4-Leaf clover? It's currently being pressed to adorn a scrapbook page in the future. Who knows, maybe tomorrow I'll find a pot of gold.