The Moon Chronicles - “It’s Just A Bump”

So I got a dog two weeks ago today. It was a rainy, cold day and Moon was super scared of me, the car, and just of the world in general.  Here I am, a 47 year old man, bringing home my first dog.  Now I have had dogs as a kid growing up, but this one was all mine.  Nowhere to go, nowhere to hide.  It’s me and Moon for the long haul:)!

I'm titling these articles about my dog, The Moon Chronicles, so you can realize how much I am discovering from my new puppy relationship.  I'm calling it, The Moon Chronicles, because I'm assuming there will be many I write just like this.  She has shown me so much in these first two weeks that I have about 10 ideas written down already. 

Moon is a Husky mutt and is about five months old.  I say Husky mutt because if there is one thing for certain she looks like a Husky.  There are other types of blood in her body for sure, but the Husky part is undeniable.  Moon was a rescue so there really isn’t a way to know unless I go the DNA route.  

Moon has the softest dog soul around.  She is reserved, but comes with a bottle of energy, of love, stored away for the right time to bring out each day.  Needless to say, I love her so much as if there is no way it's only been two weeks since I picked her up.

Like I said earlier, it was rainy and cold the day I brought her home, and she was quite terrified.  It felt like she was good with coming along, she just had no clue what was going on.  Every sight, every sound, was new to her, and she just couldn't take it all in.  It was quite overwhelming to her system.  

During these past two weeks, Moon and I will just be in life together, walking, playing, eating, sleeping, driving each other crazy, all the things.  Then all of a sudden, a realization will come to me that I have been pondering in my own life.  

Here is my first realization.  It happened no longer than being with Moon for one hour as we were spending time in the car on the drive home.  

You know how everyone has some sort of an emotional theme in their life that seems to come up quite a lot?  Like for me, I have always had a thing with being hard on myself, not getting it “right”, not being good enough.  When a negative emotion comes up for me in life, sometimes my reflex is to go, “Oh no, what am I doing wrong?” “Why can't I get this right?” 

So I'm driving along, and I have Moon to my right as she is laying down in the passenger side seat.  By this time, she has puked three times on the way home, and I just feel awful about it.  Every time we hit a bump of any sort, she holds on for dear life, clawing at the seat so she doesn’t move.  And then it hit me, “they are just bumps” “Moon! It's okay, buddy, I got you. I'm here. They are just bumps!”  Now to the dog at the time, in that moment, it sure as hell didn’t feel like “just bumps” but we know for sure that’s what it was.

In life, shit happens, contrast, adversity, pain, loss, struggle, doubt, and worry to name a few.  When these things come up, if we can see them as bumps, just bumps, perhaps we can let go of the reins a little more, let our hands off the wheel for just a bit of time, and observe how life will get itself back on course without us having to do a thing. 

For me, this can be a lot to ask of myself at times, depending on how far down the rabbit hole I've gone, but I know one thing for certain, I always find my way back to the light.  

Hope you have enjoyed our first of many, The Moon Chronicles. Can't wait to continue sharing! 

Love you all.