Welcome Dalilah!!

Gilly is a proud owner of a new dog! We have many visitors in the house right now, but I wanted to get the news out right away.

This is Gilly's proudest moment. Dalilah is a Dalmation / Lab mix. She is sweet and gentle, and Gilly fell in love with her almost as quickly as he fell in love with me. Yaron is rather smitten himself. Tamara hasn't had the pleasure, but she'll be here tomorrow after work to get her fix. They didn't get the dog loving gene from me.

Since Gilly was first diagnosed, I have been depriving myself of bread; sort of my way of sacrificing something for Gilly's pain (not that he shows it much, but it must be there, deep down somewhere within. He's had to give up so much). Now that we have a dog, I am back to bread, because having another dog is my ultimate sacrifice. I used to be scared of dogs, even though Butterscotch was with us for 16 years or so. I loved her, but I'm not a dog lover. She was a wedding gift (that crazy Steven and his side kick cousin, David, at it again), so I kind of grew up with her. This dog is truly Gilly's dog; his companion to make the long hours he will be at home that much shorter due to the pleasure she'll bring.

Gilly is able to walk her himself, although we are accompanying him for now just to be sure. The strength within Gilly came rushing forth as soon as he took the leash. Talk about a great idea!!!!! We're simply delighted.

So this is the biggest news thus far since the MRI on February 22nd or so.

Our special Passover guests from the land of milk and honey will be Sema and Gittit. We have lots to look forward to. At least we know that they are dog lovers, so they'll fit right in.

Lila Tov, y'all