My "Old" Friend Maggie

Two years ago, or maybe more - you know I have no sense of time -  Mom started taking me to the Early Learning Center at University of Delaware.  I went once a week to class and helped teach reading, math and my favorite...agility.  Mom was feeling better then than she is now, some of the medicines were working and she was able to volunteer a few hours per week with PAWS for People (www.pawsforpeople.org).

Mom set up courses with tunnels and jumps and weave poles, and my job was show all the four-year olds how to run the course.  Then, THEY ran the course - leaping over jumps, crawling through the tunnel and learning how to go through the weave poles.  Clever Mom made bandanas for everyone to help stay cool (they were really just scraps from the fabric store with dog paw prints on them, but we all loved wearing them.  Mom brought ice water to dip them in and stay cool.)

The four-year olds were a little slower than me, but I figure that's because I have four legs. We had lots of fun in the sun during those weeks when we played outside and learned coordination, logical thinking, and number sequences.  I usually don't pick favorites, but I sure liked Maggie because she gave great tummy rubs.

We had to stop working at the ELC in the fall of 2010 after Mom had sepsis.  She was really weak from having a heart attack, liver shock and well...just a huge infection.  Plus, she couldn't take any more medicine for RA except steroids.  Nothing.  Sigh....no more ELC, no more reading, no more visiting with little kids.  We were both bummed.  Mom cried about it.


But, imagine how surprised we were to see Maggie, her mom and dad and little brother at Community Days!  She's growing up and is now is First Grade!  Wow...I was happy to see her!

I heard Maggie's Mom and my mom talking.  Maggie really missed us when we left.  She talked and talked about Mousse and Miss Hepsi and all the fun they had when we came to school.  As a matter of fact, Maggie said that "Four-year old school was The Best year of school she'd ever had". 


Thanks Maggie. I hope the next twelve years of school aren't TOO disappointing.