I'm sure most of my friends know how hard my mom's death has been on me. It has affected every aspect of my life. I still have days that I don't want to get up but my girls keep me going. I have had some great friends that have stood by me.
It was important to me after my mom died that all 3 of my girls got to go to the funeral home and see and smell her one last time. I thought that would help them with losing her.
Marley and I just haven't clicked on the agility course in months. I was talking to a friend at an agility trial in Holly Springs last month. I asked her to watch us run and tell me what she thought. Marley has been real sluggish and distracted on the course. She watched us and then told me she thinks Marley is missing my mom and I should talk to Marley about my mom. My mom used to feed Marley snacks at nite and let her in and out of the house all nite long when we were at their house.They had a special bond.
So I did right before our last run. Just told Marley how much her Grandma loved her. On the way home from that trial, Marley rode in the floor board of the passenger side of the van just like she always did..she loved to ride under my mom's feet. She hadn't done that since my mom died.
So this weekend at the agility trial, I spoke to Marley before each of her runs about how proud her Grandma was of her and how much she loved her. About how she loved seeing Marley run agility. Then she got a kiss and a hug from Grandma. Marley was wonderful this weekend. She was so happy on the agility course. She qualified half of her runs and earned her Open Standard Agility Title.
Hoping for more great trials with Marley and hope my mom is proud of us!
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