Thursday July 30

During physical therapy today, John was given the huge task of walking a dog! They have dogs at TIRR which are specially trained to be around patients who have difficulty walking or who may have crutches or other equipment which might scare an average dog. He seemed to love this process and they even worked with him calling the dog to improve the volume of his voice. We all know that John loves animals but it only seems perfectly appropriate that they might be able to show him some love in reverse. Sometimes our animals can speak to us in ways that no human can and in general, those of us animal lovers have a connection with them that is on a spiritual level. After all...
"All God's creatures got a place in the choir
Some sing low, some sing higher
Some sing out loud on the telephone wire
And some just clap their hands or paws or anything they got now"

I really hope these are the correct lyrics...going mostly by memory but if you can name that song then give yourself something special today! Even if you can't name that song, give yourself the gift of hugging or kissing or saying, "I love you" to someone close to you. You just never know how much that might mean in the big scheme of things.