Hi! It’s me, again. Luther. I asked Mom if I could tell you some new things I’m learning and she said I could, so here goes!
I’m not too sure I like bicycles. One snuck up on me while I was out walking the other day and I wanted to leave. Fast.
Of course, I couldn’t. It has something to do with the thing called a lead. There’s always somebody who loves me holding on to the other end, telling me they think it’s all ok.
Just between us, there are a lot of things in the world that I think are pretty scary.
And some that don’t feel quite so scary anymore.
The other day, a new Auntie I’d heard lots about, but hadn’t met before, came to visit. Her name is Kate. She and Mom talked about me a lot. Not in a bad way.
They talked about Sarah and Phoebe, too, but I didn’t pay so much attention to that! I guess we’re all connected.
What I think they said was that there are some more things I need to learn. There was something about balance-whatever that is-and not wanting to push me beyond what I’m ready for and not wanting to hold me back from all the great stuff in life.
Apparently it’s a lot like those cool people puppies everybody gets so excited about! Mom seems to know lots about them! (The tall ones, too.)
I could tell by their voices that they both love me. And they made a long list of things that are better for me than they were before.
I can ride in the car now.
The other day, I survived when the top, noisy part of the thing called a salad spinner leaped out of the dish drainer and crashed on the floor about four feet from me.
Mom said it was ok and brought it to me to sniff.
I know it was ok because I’m still here!
Mom told me how brave I was and then went back to washing dishes. I went back to sleep.
I actually like being brushed now. I used to think a brush was just another thing to use for hitting dogs.
Nobody here hits and the brush feels really good, especially when I’m itchy.
Mom and Auntie Kate needed some of that fluffy stuff called Kleenex (which I’m not supposed to eat) when they were talking about my old life. Then they decided that the best thing for me is to help me stretch a little bit at a time and cheer me on.
My Auntie Alli says things like that, too.
They also said some stuff about insisting that Sarah sits, which I don’t think she’ll like so much, so she doesn’t think she’s in charge.
And they said Phoebe is not as sweet and innocent as she looks, but I’m not sure what that means.
Auntie Kate says she feels a lot like Mom does, with the people puppies at her house. I guess everybody needs what they need and a lot of that seems to be about things called comfort and confidence.
I’m glad I don’t have to figure all of that out. I’m still trying to learn to sit!
And I’m still not sure about bicycles. I do know that it helps to have somebody close by who believes you can do the new stuff. I have even more Aunties who help with that!
Mom says maybe I can help people by believing for them. Apparently that’s an important job!
Right now, I think it’s nap time. Blogging is hard, but I like telling my stories. Who knew?
Love, Luther