Sad Day!

Hey folks

Today has been a sad day for the White household. Last night my dog Samson's heart gave out. I guess for us it was just such a shock considering he made it through so many other trials as noted before in a previous blog. There was no doubt that he truly was man's best friend since Whenever I came home he was always there to greet me. No matter how bad my day was he never held it against me and only once did he bite the hand that fed him. That was clearly an accident. I knew he was a special dog cause on the day I got him UC beat Duke in the Alaska shootout. I thought it was my lucky dog but then in the later years he just couldn't help the Bearcats ,Bengals or Reds but I guess I was just to attatched to let him go. No doubt animals are hard to let go of. They just become part of the family. While you have them you take them for granted but when you lose them, we miss everything about them (even if they do slobber!)

Throughout the years working in Youth ministry I have heard many prayer request for a family dog cat or maybe even a fish. You pray and hope for the best. But then there is the toughest question "Will my dog go to heaven?" You just smile and do what you can to comfort them. I'm not sure about that but today I have thought about it. I don't think the Lord has a suggestion box for heaven, but if he did "Could I just make one?"