lenten journal: walking my blind dog

We are two weeks into Lent and I am finally getting to my Lenten Journal, my spiritual practice for the season. If you follow my newsletter, you know part of the reason is our little Lizzy! had to have her eyes removed to alleviate the pain caused by the glaucoma that blinded her. We are all recovering from that, or trying to. Here is part of how it feels.

walking my blind dog

we are three days post-surgery two lines of stitches where her eyes used to be a soft foam circle that looks like a lifebuoy saves her from scratching none of us knows what we are doing

we take her to the yard beyond our fence attach the leash so we can lead her she sniffs and steps as I think about the article sent by a friend about walking a blind dog

and it sounds like a blues song I mean the real blues grief-filled guitar licks a bass line from the bottom of life and a back beat that keeps the rhythm of a broken heart something we can all sing

walking my blind dog walking my blind dog walking my blind dog home

Peace, Milton