First Steps

When I’m not chasing little rabbits, I’m salivating about it. Jet, my foster mom, says that I need to be cautious about chasing the baby rabbits.

Truthfully, they’re not much fun. They’re all scared about whether or not to venture in to the big bad world or simply stay in the safety of the nest thus they don’t create much of a chase challenge. Jet’s got this cool video (below) of a little rabbit that decided the adventure of life was just too scary.



People are the same way as rabbits sometimes. Let me explain.

Jet took me with her to visit a neighbor with a toddler. That’s the term they call humans who are miniature in size and stumble a lot like they’re tipsy.

Anywhooo, this toddler is reticent (word of the day) about walking. Each step seems to take a great deal of thought. Sometimes the kiddo just starts to take a step and then stops and wobbles back and forth like a teeter-totter. (The analogy won’t mean much if you never did the playground thing.)

My point of sharing the visual description of this moment is that it reminded Jet and I (we collaborate a lot) of how grown-up humans are sometimes reticent about taking first steps. Scary first steps could be leaving home to go to college, or asking someone you love to marry you, even something like leaving a job you hate (but know) in order to go to a better job you don’t know.

So, here’s my lesson of the day… It’s okay if you weeble-wobble a little when it’s time to take a first step towards something new and better. No matter what, take the first step!

Okay, here’s the question of the day from Ajax who asked: What’s a volunteer? I heard my mom and dad say they need to become volunteers at the animal shelter. Does this mean they won’t be a mom and dad for me anymore?

Hey Ajax:

Good news. Volunteers are humans that do work for no pay. They work to help others (or animals) just for the love of it (which Jet says everyone should do). Apparently your parents are going to help or volunteer (to be kind) at the local shelter. This means other dogs and cats will be saved and maybe they’ll even bring one home for you. Give your parents a big, happy sloppy lick on the face for their good behavior.


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