Pinky

(Now called Luna)"Things we lose have a way of coming back to us in the end, if not always in the way we expect." I always loved this line, ever since the first time I heard Luna Lovegood say it in Harry Potter "Order of the Phoenix" (*movie, not book...HP nerd trivia, she never said it in the book!) I understood it on a new level and different way after I met this little dog... That's why I had to name her Luna Lovegood If she could talk, I think this quote is the first thing she would've said to me. The unexpected quality of it all is what really got me. I wasn't looking for anyone or anything. I had recently arrived at a place of (kinda sorta) peace with all the losses we endured last year. I can honestly say, I didn't find her at all, she found me (with a little help from Naked K9 rescue!) This is also a reminder of how quickly things can change... We always focus on the shocking or upsetting changes and losses and tend to forget that rarely, if we stay open to it and have hope, life can send some incredible gifts our way. My heart was very closed off just until this past January...but I let it open just a sliver, and this one found it. For the past 14 months I've had a tough time believing that anything "magical" would ever happen in my life again, but I just had a fuzzy few pounds of magic find me... So I guess another quote fits my past week well (also HP) “Happiness can be found even in the darkest of times, when one only remembers to turn on the light.”