The 3 little pups

Today morning finally some sun had come out. The little pups were out enjoying the sun, all over the place, crossing the road trying to soak in the warmth. I took my camera (finally) and got pictures of the four little ones.

They were all over the road when i was returning, and its dangerous with all the traffic. All day long i was filled  with dread that more would be run over. At least the cold and lack of sun had kept them snuggled in, and off the road these last few days, even if that made me worry that they might not survive the cold. The sun has brought a huge worry for me.

Today evening i went a bit late, checking out the roads to see if anyone had been run over. they were snuggled in with Mother. It was too cold so she was not coming out, i fed her as she lay. Then i saw that one white one (the large white) was missing. I looked around a bit, asking them where he might be.

After looking around more, I asked the guards outside a house and they said someone has taken the white one. So i guess i am relieved. Hopefully, he gets a safe warm place and some food. However, often some slum dwellers take stray pups, tie them up all day and don't give them a good life. I just hope its not a tied up life. But at least he's safe from cars. The other white one will be next. Most likely the brown ones will stay. The smaller brown one who was vomiting a week back is the dearest one. He was nibbling his sleeping brothers ear when i left. I rebuked him as i left.

Whatever happens, the opportunity to love, that You have provided to me, O universe, was a great one. Its almost as though this small experience has been worth this long life. There has been something different in this love, from my own dogs whom i loved more than life itself. I don't know what it is. Is it that i have not loved anyone for almost 10 years (when Sheru passed away). Is it that i loved these pups as though they were my own children. Is it that I loved in a different way ?

Is it that all this has happened when there is so much else happening, this surrendering or whatever to Existence. Whatever be the truth behind it, it has been a most wonderful experience. Also, is this aspect that i love the mother, so love the children twice as much, She too is like a child to me. And the other side of the story that her previous litter perished in the rain last year. I felt like i was part of the motherhood and upbringing of these little ones.