Free To Choose

 Barbara Mandrell had a hit "I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool."  HERE

* Free to choose what gets included on the UFO Challenge list....and in what order....and what gets moved around,
or bumped off the list entirely.

 

 

 

Yesterday I received the sad news that Miss Molly had crossed over the Rainbow Bridge**.  Miss Molly was my sister's dog and my dad's best friend (except for Malcolm, of course.)

Miss Molly's crossing was not totally unexpected as she was 16 years old and had some old-doggie health problems.

Still, we're never quite ready for the inevitable when we have to say good-bye to our furry companions.

 

One more piece of information to add to the back story:  My sister and her D.H. have four children...all of whom are married and have kids of their own, and all of whom live in various states other than where the old folks live.  

They have solved the age-old dilemma of where to spend the holidays....His family or Her family???
They do Every-Other-Year.  Each year all the kids travel to Mom & Dad's on either Thanksgiving or Christmas. The next year they switch holidays.  This year (2023) they will all be here for Christmas. (I say here because I now live in the same town as my sister and so I get included in the holidays...if I'm not traveling, which this year I don't anticipate traveling at Christmas.)

Now with all that information you understand why I need to make a change to my UFO Challenge list to include a wall hanging of Miss Molly...to be presented to my sister on Christmas. (I'll have the tissue box at the ready.)

This is not totally out of the blue, I have been pondering the idea of a Molly memorial for a long time. After googling "black dog wall hanging" to my surprise a lot of helpful patterns and information popped up.
Very inspirational...I can hardly wait to get back home to get started. (Two more weeks.)

 Good Bye, Miss Molly. You were a good companion. 
I hope to see you again, some day.***

**If you've ever wondered where "...Crossed over the Rainbow Bridge..." came from...
It's a poem.

*** Speaking of heaven, ever wondered about heaven? Is it real? What happens there?  Will you go there?  Randy Alcorn wrote a wonderful book Heaven that is available on Amazon.  The author does believe we will see our pets in Heaven.