Fare thee well Roger... one last cry then peace..."No one fluttered a wing,or opened a mouth, or chirped!”

Oh, Roger, we will miss you!  See the love in the eyes of Therese about 7 years ago!

3 year old Simon with our rat terrier, Roger, about 10 years ago!  John had found him tied to a stop sign on our road, and he came to be our constant companion for all these years until yesterday.  Going to get the mail... he ran in front of a truck right in front of me!  I am very sad today.

Pat and I buried him in the grove wrapped in an old tiger towel from the girls swimming days, and being swarmed by mosquitoes we prayed to ourselves... it just felt right to hear him cry for a few seconds while his life left him.  Pets go deep!

Little Therese with Roger and rubber boots about 8 years ago.

 Therese and Roger in the climbing tree in the spring on the farm about 7 years ago... some of my favorites!

See the wind!

If ever I went anywhere Roger would be with me... Last week as I mowed the lawn he would be following me as I went back and forth and round and round.  Always he would be our doorbell and bark when anyone came on the yard.  His death was because where I am.. he would be there too!  So hard to watch his death and here his final whimpers.  Sad, sad, sad!!!


The words from Isaiah today speaking of how our treasures are taken from us and we need not get overly tied to things of this earth... as "eggs left alone" are taken and "No one fluttered a wing,
or opened a mouth, or chirped!”  God is in control!

So many adventures he shared in with us!  The bean field behind our house about 8 years ago!

 Always loved the sweets and people food and knew the push overs!

Begging for Joy's icy just a few weeks ago...

Licking her sweet fingers was a close second.  Joy called him..."Kitty."

If you spent time outside... Roger was involved!

 Winters were hard on him with his light coat, and this last winter was so long and miserable as he was alone after we had to send the big dog over to live at the farm! 

John with the two dogs a number of years back in the calving barn.  He wrote a touching tribute to Roger...

"Roger is peeing on cars in the sky now.  'Dang it Rog!' You will never be tied to a stop sign again.  You were a farm dog...OUR weird little confused dog."

He was an unfixed male...

You ask us to be "childlike" today O Lord!  I feel sad and empty after losing this long time companion on this journey of Faith/Family/Farm.  He did annoy me with his constant attention and need to be by me and jumping as soon as I went out the door.  It is humbling to have a creature so devoted to you, and then to say "dang it Roger!' in response!  Granddaughter, Mary called me on this years ago..."Grandma why do you always say 'dang it, Roger?' "   "What?"  I walked out the door and Roger jumped on me and I immediately heard myself say; "Dang it, Roger!" lesson learned!

May I be more childlike in my life and lean on you and give the control over to you, my Lord!  Jesus, we trust in you.  Amen and Hallelujah

Little Therese look alike, Evangeline, liked Roger, too a month ago when she stayed with me for week!  Roger could be trusted with the little ones and around here there are always new little ones to get to know him and he them, and we like it that way!  Life is a gift to be cherished and protected no matter the cost!  LIFE is a gift from conception to natural death!  Bless-bless, Barbara Mary Luke

Roger discovered that fresh garden vegetables were yummy... He has eaten all my green beans off the plants in my garden.  I guess I can get some now, but it still makes me sad!  He probably lived so long due to his good nutrition. 

Wow!

Yes!
Hallel is on her way back to France and will be starting her retreat before her final vows/wedding on the 22nd!  We are praying and preparing to go and support her and celebrate her love and path to Faithfulness!  Firm in her Faith with her spouse, Jesus Christ!

1 Peter 3:8-9

All of you should be like-minded, sympathetic, loving toward one another, kindly disposed, and humble. Do not return evil for evil or insult for insult. Return a blessing instead. This you have been called to do, that you may receive a blessing as your inheritance.

'Temple of the Trinity,
Throne of God all holy,
Ark of His divinity,
Tabernacle holy!
Cradle of the Word divine,...
Show us Christ our Brother,
Heart of Mary, mystic shrine,
Show thyself our Mother.'

Amen.

Mt 11:25-27
At that time Jesus exclaimed:
“I give praise to you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth,
for although you have hidden these things
from the wise and the learned...
you have revealed them to the childlike.
Yes, Father, such has been your gracious will.
All things have been handed over to me by my Father.
No one knows the Son except the Father,
and no one knows the Father except the Son
and anyone to whom the Son wishes to reveal him.”

His story has a happy ending/beginning!

Danielle Rose - True love/the Cross!