man’s best friend

The dog and God are mans best friend

Faithfulness, loyalty, companionship, unconditional love … I think it’s interesting that all of these traits are used to describe both God and dogs.

Over the past year we have raised our black lab Samson, the handsome one, from puppy to adult and added our second dog Ben, the crazy one, to the mix. I never thought I would learn so much about confidence, patience and anger all from a couple of dogs. But prior to this I had never really owned a dog of my own. I had grown up with pets, but I was never the one responsible for taking care of them. So when it came time to train, exercise and clean up after them it felt a bit overwhelming.

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thoughts on creativity

creative thoughts

“Creativity is more important than knowledge”
-Albert Einstein

Over the past month I’ve turned my focus more internally to see what I might find. It’s easy for me to find a new activity and become so engrossed in it that I lose site of the more important things. And this blog was becoming that distraction for me. Not that I regret it or think anything negative of it. Because my blog was, and will remain, a great tool for me to share who I am. But it’s important for me to stop and look around once in a while at what my desire each day is set on.

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