Well, I decided to write the breeder that I met with 9 years ago since I was hoping to see her at the local Golden Retriever club event, filling her in on some things including telling her about Mercy and which litter she came from. I still have yet to hear back from her. Sigh. Anyway, I really long to belong where love is strong in a family or communty that includes Christ Centered Christians, dog lovers, music lovers, nature lovers, country farm communities and families, where there is joy, peace, and love. I along with my husband and son as well as Mercy went to a beautiful park in Fauquier County Virginia where there are forests and country meadows galore. This park is also on a big lake. It was paradise! I felt like I was in heaven. I pretended that I was a little girl growing up on a farm with her Golden Retriever. There are long rows of hay bales. There are thistles, grasshoppers and butterflies. It was so idyllic. We attended a concert in the woods by the lake in an open area by the trees. It was divine! The guitar music flowed through my veins, melting my stress away. I didn’t want to leave. It felt like being at a Christian camp. Ahhhhhh! I am not sure if this musician knows Christ, but I felt His presence! This was a place of love, community, family, beauty, peace and joy!