Things that bother Junior

Junior is a real sweetie pie but there are many things that bother him and make his life miserable. Rain, thunder, lightning, wind, sudden loud noises and plastic bags are some of the things that bother him.

I will start of the elements that make him miserable. It will be the strong winds in December that cause the curtains in the bedroom to flap in the wind. Then there will be lightining in the distance and the loud clap of thunder that follows. The rain may come first though. In whichever order these appear, Junior will be most miserable.

At night, he will jump into bed with his papa and mama and cry. He will also jump in between us in his bid to be safe. Sometimes we are wicked - we will get really close together to stop him of getting in between and occupying a large portion of the bed. In this instance, he will insist on squeezing himself in between and will force himself in. In this picture, what's left of that space belongs to me - I have to share with them all!

If we turn away from him and ignore his attention seeking ways, he will paw us by tapping on our ears - help! help! please mama! I am scared of the rain and thunder and lightning. All his actions will be accompanied by whining and very mournful looks. Sometimes in his terror, he will rest his head on our ears and get really close as possible.

In desperation for sleep, we have laid hands on him and prayed that Jesus will make him a brave boy and cast away his fears.

The other bugbears are sudden loud noises and the flying plastic bags. We don't like sudden loud noises either, so we can understand. The flying plastic bags are those that confound us - I guess these look like UFOs, tossing around in the wind with no fixed path so Junior is extremely worried that they will land next to him and he will get jittery.

Please continue to pray for Junior to be a brave dog.