"No, Buddy, this isn't heaven; it's Aurora"

"No, Buddy, this isn't heaven; it's Aurora"

Heaven on earth can be anywhere we want it to be. Many people are searching for that perfect place when, if they would just look around, they would realize they are already there. My favorite movie, "Field of Dreams," has a great scene where Ray Kinsella and his father are having a conversation and Ray's dad asks, "Is this Heaven?" Ray responds, "No, it's Iowa." Then Ray looks around at his surroundings and sees the beauty, love and family that surround him and he smiles, knowing that it may not be heaven, but it is a little piece of it right here on earth.

The newest member of our family, Buddy, is a rescue Yorkie, at best guess, about four years old when we got him. Although we don't know very much about his former life, what we do know leads us to believe it wasn't an easy one. Now that he is with our family, he is safe, secure and well fed. At times Buddy looks up at me as if to say, "Is this heaven?" Several times I have answered him out loud, "No, Buddy, this isn't heaven; it's Aurora." To Buddy it most likely seems like heaven on earth. Buddy so appreciates everything he now has -- and if there were ever a dog that could say, "Thank You," it would be our Yorkie Buddy. He knows that wherever this place is, it is a good place to be.

Yorkies are the best
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