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August... I have no idea where to begin! Let me start with something my lil sis told me to write about.

At the end of July I sat down to shave my dog. Buster is one of the biggest cocker spaniels I have ever seen. Lately I had been referring to him as "Tubby" because he seemed to have expanded his rear end. As I sat down with the clippers I begin to praise the dog groomers in our life. You see Buster's age (14 human years) has put him in a high risk group with his groomer. She had an elderly dog pass away while she was grooming him and so she no longer grooms elderly dogs. I can understand. However this has left me with job and I am no dog groomer! In fact I will take a picture of my poor pup and post it later. He has poodle feet (because I could not get to them) and the rest of his coat looks as if mange might be a problem. The reason: Apparently their is a trick to clipping a dog. It is nothing like cutting Darrel's hair. During the three hours (yes I said 3)I got to know my dog really well. And guess what he really had not gotten fat! In fact the two ample rear cheeks were mostly hair! I kid you not!
So Buster ended July a lot lighter and August began for us with an ending. On August 2nd my granddaddy passed away. We knew it was coming and I truly believe God called him home. What I was not prepared for was how Maggie would handle everything.
She was pretty close to her great granddaddy. She though he was funny and she loved him very much. She understood that he was in heaven and that he was no longer in pain. At the funeral she wanted to go up to the open casket. She went up twice with Darrel and I and then headed up alone after the service. Her Pappy saw this (Darrel was watching her but she had attempted this alone and he felt like there was a reason)Maggie and Pappy stayed for a bit but nothing out of the ordinary (unless you count the whole has no fear as Brother in law said). Later when it was just Maggie, Darrel and I we asked her if she had any questions. She had just one: What would have happened if she had touched granddaddy?
Darrel told her about the difference between our physical bodies and the spritual bodies God gives us in heaven.
after that she seemed okay. She talked about granddaddy and she seemed to be grieving quite a bit. Sunday after the funeral I went to check on her and found her crying. She told me she was sad because she had not touched granddaddy and made him come back to life like in the bible. She was also upset because she thought she had forgotten her.
Can you say WOW! I have a book of 801 questions kids ask about God. Guess what? That one was NOT in the book!
At this point I can say that Maggie has started to journal how she is feeling and we seem to get over the hump. Most importantly GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME. We have the memorial service and my grandparents church this weekend. She wants to goand we are in prayer. pray that God's wisdom is clear to us as we help our little one understand a tiny glimpse of God's plan.
School starts soon and summer ends. "As for me and my house, we will serve the lord"