The President of the United States in Bowie,MD

I make no bones about the fact that I love President Barack Obama. In fact it was going to his Inauguration that spurred me to write my blog in the first place. But today was a sweet day; I got to see President Obama with my own two eyes from about 40 feet away at Bowie State University. No matter what your politics, it is aw inspiring to see the President of the United States of America. I absolutely love him! He always inspires me to want to be a better person. I am so grateful that my husband sent me the invite to see the Prsident. My husband went above the call of duty. He even got up early to take me to the train station so that I could have this moment after working all night. He is such an amazing man.

Forever Dog

It is common knowledge that our family has raised 3 dogs for Guiding Eyes for the Blind, GEB. We did not know how impacting this was on Alex’s life until he read an Open Court assignment last year in school on a boy who had gone through the experience of raising and giving up his dog Rosie for the blind. Alex steadfastly refused to do the assignment and then dissolved into a heap of tears when I finally read the story to him as a last resort. His teacher, Scott, and I all talked to Alex and he learned what a great organization Guiding Eyes was. They were not just puppy thieves. We told him how Guiding Eyes taught our family about giving; Nevertheless, Scott and I agreed that it was time for a forever dog outside of GEB. Thus we have Louie. Louie is a beautiful 7 year old Golden retriever that Scott calls furniture because he is as big as a Shetland pony. Louie was being liquidated in a divorce and needed a home. He had previously grown up with a wonderful family that has 3 children about the same ages as our children. Louie was love at first sight. Louie literally ended up on our door step and after one night it felt like Louie had lived hear all his life. Louie has such a laid back temper. He lets the children use him daily as a jungle gym for their exercise and sleeps on the boy’s floor. Our family can not say enough nice things about Louie. He is smart, food driven and has nice manors. Clearly you can tell that he was loved all his life. But my favorite part is that he learned (in 2 days) not to come into the kitchen and what the house rules were. Louie is such a love. He is everything we always wanted in a forever dog.