Day 20 Joy in a puppy's smile

At 1AM this morning, I was having quite a difficult falling asleep.  It didn't help matters that to my side, I had the most adorable, panting, smiling puppy staring at me with wide eyes wanting me to say it was time to get up and play.  A good chance why I wasn't falling asleep, was knowing I had to get up early and drive that cute "third child" of mine to the vet to have surgery, to be spayed.  She had no clue what was coming, but was just grinning from ear to ear.  Leaving her at the vet this morning, all I could remember was that smile.  Luckily the call came in about 11:30 that the surgery had went well and she was waking up; we could pick her up anytime after 2:00.  We brought one lethargic puppy home and could hardly recognize the poor thing.  The best moment though, was a little bit after she was home and finally looked up at me and gave me a tired, but true Bella smile.  She was okay, she was back and still loved me.  That was my moment of joy today.