It was my mom’s birthday, just a couple days after we had been offered the puppy and Mom and I were getting anxious for my dad’s reply. We wondered if maybe he would say yes today, since it’s my mom’s birthday…

My mom was sitting at the dining table, scrolling through Facebook on her phone and drinking her caramel coffee.

I walked in after catching up on some blogs I follow on the computer and said, “I wonder if daddy’s gonna say yes today…”

Mom looked at me and lightly shrugged her shoulders. “I don’t know.” She replied. We chatted a while longer and a text message popped up on my mom’s phone from my dad. My heart started to race. He was never on his phone at work, only when he called my mom at lunch. Maybe he was just saying “Happy Birthday”, but my hopes were raised.

I watched anxiously as my mom read her text and a smile spread across her face and her fingers began typing back.

“What did he say?” I asked with a heart full of hope.

My mom smiled at me and said, “He said ‘Have decided to let you have the puppy. Happy Birthday, I love you!'”

I started to cry and squealed and I gave my mom a huge hug. I couldn’t believe he actually said yes! And that this was even real! We were getting a puppy!!

“Are you going to tell everybody today?” I inquired. “Yeah, I think so! Probably at dinner.” She replied. “I wonder how Dallas will take it…” I said, thinking about my brother who had just lost his dog almost a year ago. I know it still hurt him, so I wondered how he would feel about having another dog around.

“He’ll probably be how I was. Maybe a little sad at first, but then happy to have a puppy around again.” Mom replied.

I nodded my head and smiled broadly. “I can’t believe we’re getting a puppy!!”

This concludes part 2! Look for part 3 coming soon! 🙂

~Jaclynn~
P.S. The next photostory to be up will be the next part of Sadie’s Hope! 🙂