Can't stand selfish people

I cannot stand selfish people. What's even more, I cannot stand selfish, rich people. So if you're rich and reading this blog, check yourself and make sure you're not selfish and be grateful for your financial blessings.

As you've read from my previous blog, we became the owners of a fabulous miniature Australian Shepherd on Monday. Well, we're no longer his owners anymore. The previous owner had the audacity to have my poor sister-in-law (who happens to work for them) call my husband yesterday morning to ask for Dash back. Needless to say, Tony and I were LIVID. I don't know that I've ever been that angry before. If I have, I certainly can't remember. I said absolutely not. Not until either Tony or I spoke to one of them personally.

Long story short, we ended up giving Dash back to them last night. It was not pretty. At first we told this woman that she would have to come to our house to pick Dash up and then explain to our little girls what she was doing. But then as common sense began to reappear, we realized that we didn't want this woman to come into our home and lie to our girls about the situation. So when we got home last night, we sat the girls down and explained the situation to them that we love Dash and want him to stay with us forever but that the previous owner wanted him back. Never mind the fact that this woman was being deceitful, but whatever. The girls didn't need to know that.

I'd already begun damage control and got in touch with someone that I trust and knew would probably be able to help. And boy did she come through for me. So once we broke the news to the girls, we quickly followed with the fact that we were going to be looking at puppies this Saturday and that the girls would be able to pick it out, name it and keep it forever. And that no one would be able to come and ask for their new puppy back.

Maddie, being 4 and being a little girl that lets lots of things roll off her back, did really well with the news. Emily on the other hand, didn't do so well. It took me over 2 hours to quit bawling so Em looked like a champ. She broke down immediately but we gave her Dash's dog ID tag to keep as a reminder of him. That helped and she calmed down. But when Dash ended up leaving, she broke down again. And then poor Katie came over feeling horrible herself because she was drug in the middle of this, saw Em and they broke down together. Emily asked if she could go back to Auntie Katie's house by herself with her and we certainly agreed. Well Katie had a chain that she wasn't using and put Dash's dog tag on it so that Emily could wear it like a necklace. That was fabulous.

So the picture above is of Emily just before leaving for school today wearing her new necklace. She's signing "I love you" and that's meant for Dash. Poor kid.

You can certainly say we've learned a good lesson here. But I can tell you that I am proud of my girls for taking the news as best as they could and rebounding like they have. Never under estimate the power of your children. If you do, they'll surprise you.

Stay tuned for an update once we have the opportunity to visit the puppies this weekend. We'll have a new addition to our family soon and can hopefully put this mess behind us.