As I sit here and write this, Sam has just gotten himself up to standing from lying down and is walking unassisted across the blankets we have laid out for him. Every couple of steps he looks back at me. Every couple of steps his tail wags a few times. This may not sound amazing to many of us, though I just realized that Sam has fallen at least three to four times already this morning. He remains undeterred. Sam does not think, "Hmm, I'm 16 years old, I'll just give up." or "Hey, upstairs isn't all it's cracked up to be, I'll just stay here." or "What's wrong with me? Why can't I walk?" or "What will people think of me if I fall down?". He wants to go somewhere, so he gets up and goes as far as he can. Sometimes he falls down, sometimes he lies down intentionally and still he remains... undeterred.
Now he has fallen (really a not-too-gentle lying down) and is barking at me to help him get up on the hardwood floor - UNDETERRED... If I don't get over there quickly enough, he starts trying by himself - UNDETERRED.
There is so much I still need to learn from Sam... Gotta go, he's barking :)...
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