Time Flew By

Cyrus went to his forever home today. His new owner seemed just delighted to have him there. Of course, Cyrus was his lovable self. I think he's going to do very well. But the best part of my story? Andrew went with me, because I didn't think it was a good idea to go over to some stranger's house by myself. Andrew's usually not home when fosters get adopted, so he really hasn't experienced the heart wrench when they leave the house with their new parents.

I did pretty good when we left and as we were leaving, Andrew said he didn't want to come with me again. It's too hard. As we were driving home, we were talking about Cyrus and I happened to look over and saw his face was wet with tears. I gave his arm and squeeze and said it would be ok. I should have kept quiet, we both started bawling over leaving Cyrus.

Even though we both knew we were "only" fostering, Cyrus made a spot in our hearts that can't easily be filled. Even though I've said Suzie's the "only" dog we are going to adopt, Cyrus was family already. I won't give up fostering, but there are times when it's incredibly hard. Cyrus was one of those hard cases.

We've fostered enough to know how fast they worm their way into your hearts. But with most fosters, its been ok to let them go, knowing that they are going to a good home with a family that will love them. Three times since we started fostering, there's been the CLICK, where the dog just is a part of us. Luckily for us, we were able to keep one of the CLICK's, I can't imagine Suzie any place else but home with us. Cyrus is another. The third was a temp foster I agreed to take over Thanksgiving, and it was heart wrenching when we couldn't keep her.

But with Cyrus, I know he's in a good home. Sometimes it's just one of those things, call it my intuition, but I get the feeling his new owner is going to be very devoted to him. Cyrus has the same way about him, once he loves you, it's total devotion. Nothing is as important to him than being with you and close to you. Except maybe food!

Twice Scrapbdazzled - By My Son and his Big Heart and Through my Tears for Cyrus and his New Home.