***A stolen kiss for my gray haired young hearted dog. Yes I said stolen because that is just what happened. He is almost 12 years old and is not the type to lick or give kisses. He did when I first got him when he was 6 months old. But it was a rare thing. So rare that it made each and every one priceless. I know it was his way of saying thank you. We had adopted him and we could tell he came from a very abusive situation. If he gave one of us a kiss he always gave the other one as kiss as well. So if he kissed me he always gave my ex-husband a kiss too. He never played favorites. Again, I know it was his way of thanking us. But I have not gotten a kiss from him in at least 11 years.

Well, he was laying on the floor. I laid by him with my head resting on top of his. He licked his lips – in doing so his tongue grazed my check. I don’t care what anyone says I am counting it as a kiss and will cherish it for the rest of my life. Now my other dog is the opposite. BF always jokes that if she could talk all she would say is ‘Who can I lick next? What can I lick next’?

I just wanted to let everyone know I am taking my homework assignments over to step three. Just because my posts are really focusing on step three topics. I will still post here and check in but just wanted you to know. I may not get a chance to post here every day. But I will post if I feel I have something I want to say. And I will try to respond to posts as well.

But I would like to note that today something happened that has not happened in over a year maybe even two. I had no sugar today. It never really dawned on me until later tonight. For at least the last year I have sweets with pretty much every meal. I have been really focusing on timing and getting good quality food. So I think that really helps. Now I cannot promise that it will be that way tomorrow. But at least it is a step toward Radiance again.

Kari