For a parent, there’s nothing more ominous than silence. You know your children are up to something. Something they shouldn’t be up to. Something that will probably end in screaming.

I thought those worrisome days were behind me now that the kids have grown.

I was wrong.

I now have a puppy.

Puppies tend to be noisy things, and much like children get into everything. And destroy, chew, mangle, or eat most of what they discover.

So this morning was a flashback when I realized the house was quite quiet. Normally, the puppy snores, rather loudly, when she is sleeping. But when I checked she was no where to be found in her normal sleeping spots.

Until I found her in my son’s room. She’d chased off all the cats and was getting rewarded with pats and belly rubs.

Ah, well, at least no shoes were destroyed:D

Until next time, stay healthy.