After only two days Lucy has blended so seamlessly into our family that it almost seems as though she were always here. <\/p>\n
As I wrote before, I was immediately drawn to her when I saw her tied to a light pole last week. I felt instantly that I was meant to have her. Because I want almost every dog I see, I tried to brush away those feelings and go on with my shopping, but there was a niggling voice inside me saying This one is different<\/i>. That’s when I knew that it was out of my hands and that God (or whatever name you prefer) wanted me to have that dog. <\/p>\n
I’m not usually one to approach strangers and I don’t especially like speaking Swedish in public unless it’s strictly necessary, so it’s remarkable that I just walked up to a woman I’d never met before and asked her if I could have her dog. Not only that, but I stood and talked with her in Swedish<\/i> for at least ten minutes, never once tripping over my tongue or struggling to come up with the right words. And all that without a single butterfly in my stomach. <\/p>\n
When I got back in the car after giving her my phone number, I apologized to Olof–I knew he didn’t want another dog–and said that I didn’t have any choice. This was something I had<\/i> to do. Good man that he is, he accepted that (although I’m pretty sure he thought I’d taken leave of my senses). Truth be told, I wasn’t crazy myself about the idea of a second dog, but I had been compelled. Later that afternoon I said a little prayer: I don’t really want this dog, but I’ll take her if you need me to<\/i>. I know that prayer was heard.<\/p>\n
For that reason, I didn’t hesitate a moment when I got the phone call on Thursday and I didn’t bat an eye when the woman told me she was asking a thousand crowns ($150US, give or take), even though that was the larger part of my grocery budget for the next three weeks. I just said okay and came home with my dog. And it was the right thing to do.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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