Imagine my surprise when Pretty called me this afternoon to tell me today was the one-year anniversary of our adoption of Charly from pawmetto lifeline, the place that had rescued the little dog from the kill shelter here in Columbia when her family of origin turned her in with a bad case of heart worms and an equally bad case of pregnancy. She had 11 puppies a year ago, and the eight who survived had already been adopted by forever homes when we met her. Charly a/k/a Dawn to her friends at pawmetto lifeline, hadn’t been so fortunate.
I couldn’t believe it’s been a year since we adopted her…
The blinds incident on Day 1 at Casa de Canterbury
(separation anxiety was a bit of a problem at first)
But look at her now! She runs this place – literally.
she’ll be comin’ round the mountain – wheeeee!
(at warp speed)
hey, dude – shake a leg
Spike had been bereft after losing the final members of his pack last spring, but his pace has picked up with Charly in the house.
Charly has been a delight and joy for our family in the past year – she brings a little something extra to the mix. We are the better for her spark in our family dynamics – and we like to think we’ve given her an extra helping of love in return. It’s a win-win situation.
I just love it when a plan comes together.
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About Sheila Morris
Sheila Morris is a personal historian, essayist with humorist tendencies, lesbian activist, truth seeker and speaker in the tradition of other female Texas storytellers including her paternal grandmother.
In December, 2017, the University of South Carolina Press published her collection of first-person accounts of a few of the people primarily responsible for the development of LGBTQ organizations in South Carolina. Southern Perspectives on the Queer Movement: Committed to Home will resonate with everyone interested in LGBTQ history in the South during the tumultuous times from the AIDS pandemic to marriage equality.
She has published five nonfiction books including two memoirs, an essay compilation and two collections of her favorite blogs from I'll Call It Like I See It. Her first book, Deep in the Heart: A Memoir of Love and Longing received a Golden Crown Literary Society Award in 2008. Her writings have been included in various anthologies - most recently the 2017 Saints and Sinners Literary Magazine. Her latest book, Four Ticket Ride, was released in January, 2019.
She is a displaced Texan living in South Carolina with her wife Teresa Williams and their dogs Spike, Charly and Carl. She is also Naynay to her two granddaughters Ella and Molly James who light up her life for real. Born in rural Grimes County, Texas in 1946 her Texas roots still run wide and deep.
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Spike looks like he’s been out matched! Charly knows she hit the adoption lotto, and life is good. I wish we all had her energy and joy for life.
Happy Gotcha Day to Charly and the lucky winners at Casita de Cardinal.
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Poor Spike – he can’t win!
We send our love to all of our friends in the north tonight – we are all lucky to have you in our cyberspace lives.
We feel like we can reach out and hug you.
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Hugs back my dear friends!!
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I sure do love that Charly girl. I’m sure glad you found her 🙂
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She is a sweetheart and I’m glad to be here to celebrate her Gotcha Day.
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Happy Gotcha day Charly, you whirlwind girl!
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Whirlwind girl is right, Annie!
We can’t keep up with her half the time, but then she does finally get tired…and is so sweet.
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Rescues are such great animals. They just want to be loved and to love you right back.
All of our pets, past, present and future, have been rescues.
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You are exactly right, Bob – we feel the very same way!
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