Letter from Jester's Mom

8/26/00

My beautiful Dobieboy,

I have waited a long time to write this letter because I have waited a long time for you. When your daddy and I first decided to look for you, we had no idea what was expected of us. We went to look at four different dobies but you were not among them. At this time we had no idea what you looked like, and I could not picture your cute, beautiful face because I could not imagine a creature as beautiful as you.

Finally the big day came, when we pushed your sister into the car and followed endless directions to a far away place to look at a dobie named Jester. When I read the description of Jester, a hint of hope arose inside of me. Could this be the one? Could this be our Dobieboy who is waiting to be chosen? But then I remembered Gidget and my heart sank because your sister is not very dobie friendly, even though she herself is one, but don’t tell her that though. We decided to look at Jester anyway! When Peggy, the foster mommy, came to the door and let us in, our hearts were pounding with anticipation and anxiety. All at once, the most beautiful, gorgeous, hunk of dobieboy we have ever seen came out of the dog run and straight to our dobiegirl. Gidget was in love. It was you and we knew our lives could never be the same again because you were meant for our family. I never knew how incomplete our family was until the day your beautiful light brown eyes looked up into mine.

The day we brought you home was also full of anticipation. Would we live up to your standards? As soon as I saw you again, I knew everything would be fine. It was those same light brown eyes that looked up into mine assuring me that there were no standards and no expectations. You assured me with a kiss on my nose that all you wanted was love, food, and a chance to make us happy and proud. (Maybe not in that order, because food is very important to you!)

Well, it has been two months since that night, the one where you looked into my eyes assuring me that we would all be ok. You were right, because we are wonderful. There have been a lot of bouts of diarrhea, chewing, messes, and some unsure grumpiness. The one thing that has gotten me through it all has been those same light brown eyes that I fell in love with the first day we met. I can tell when you are sad, upset, scared, or mad because those beautiful light brown eyes let me know. Those eyes are very important to me because those are the windows to your soul. It was those eyes that I fell in love with on that first day, and it is those same light brown eyes I continue to love more and more as each day passes.

I want to let you know that your mommy and daddy love you with all of our heart. We are very proud of you and are constantly amazed with the changes in personality as you begin to feel more comfortable with us.

I thank God everyday for giving me the opportunity to look into those light brown eyes; the ones I fell in love with, the ones I took home, the ones I comfort in the thunderstorm, the ones I scold, the ones I trust, the ones I love, the ones that belong to you, my beautiful dobieboy. Jester, I thank God for you!

With all of my Love,
Mommy

The reason why I chose today to write this letter is because I have not had to clean up dobie poop in a couple of days.