When all else fails....hug your dog (or favourite animal)

 We all can get a dose of the "winter blues."  You can feel down in the dumps and semi-depressed after Christmas because the decorations are put away, the parties and friends are gone and it is just.....you.
  When you start feeling that way, grab a pet that is near to you and give them a great big HUG!

  They are the best consolers there are.  They love you unconditionally and know when they need to brush up against you and just be there for you.  My little Abby, because she is still a puppy, will go ripping around the house at full speed and then come a give "kiss attacks".  She jumps on me and swirls around my head and neck giving millions of kisses to me.  I laugh hysterically and try to catch her to give her kisses back but she is too fast for me.  The wonderful, glorious, heavenly thing about her kiss attacks is that they come from her little heart.  I do not prompt, encourage or make her give me those kisses.  They are spontaneous and unconditional....the best.

 Go hug your pets today and see how much YOU get back.  Blessings and hug on.

                                     ( If I did that to Abby Rose she would be a flat dog :)  )