Lucy

If you don't think she's cute, you literally have no soul...

This is my Lucy.  She's the sweetest puppy in the world.  She loves freely - nearly everyone she meets.  She came to us as a scared, broken little girl.  She had been bred, abused, malnourished, and then left on the side of the road to die.  All she wanted when we met her at the pound was for someone to love her and to have someone that she could love in return.

Lucy has such a big heart.  When we first got her, she didn't really understand how to be a dog.  She didn't understand the concept of toys or playing or running outside.  She just sat waiting to be held.  It took a while to teach her that this is her home too.  That she belongs here.  That we love her even when we aren't holding her (of course, we still offer up cuddles ANYTIME she asks for them).  Lucy's heart was so broken from the past she had, but that never closed her off from us.  It inspired a craving for more love...that's something that humans so often forget.

Once we've been hurt or struck down, we close ourselves off.  We stop fighting for love because we don't want to experience the heartache again.  Lucy had no reason to trust us.  She just knew that we were offering love and she wanted it.  She took a risk.  She put her heart out there and trusted us not to break it again.  It worked out well for her.  We love her so very much and she loves us back.  But had her heart been broken, I feel as though she would continue to seek love.  Perhaps we could take a lesson in not letting the heartache break us from Lucy.