[Ciaphas Cain]

Spending Christmas with my mini dachshund. I keep hoping God could bring me real family someday. But at 49 I guess that's something I'll never know.

The dog is really special though. A few years ago we spent over a year driving across America together. Apart from a few hours outside of Saint Louis she rode in my lap the entire way. I've got a photo of the two of us at the resting place of Ronald and Nancy Reagan. Just one of many places we visited together.

I'm in something of an in-between job at a supermarket right now. Earlier today a woman came in wearing a blue shirt that had TRUMP in giant red letters. I told her I wasn't supposed to tell her this but "I love your shirt!" That seemed to make her day :-)

Lifting up in prayer all my fellow lonely souls this Christmas Eve.

[dforest]

You are still a kid. Hah 49 is not old and I will pray you find a family. Sounds like you have a good critter family though.

Merry Christmas!

[mountainfolk]

Loneliness and grief go hand in hand. Painful but endurable. Blessings to you and sympathy for your situation which is a shared experienced for many of us. Christmas blessings to you and all of us who share the loss or absence of loved ones.

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[Leaning Right]

Awhile back I was reading the biography of Tom Lester. He played farmhand Eb on the great TV comedy “Green Acres”. After the show ended, Lester became a Christian speaker. He married for the first and only time when he was 68.

Compared to Eb, you’re still a youngster.

Merry Christmas!
LR

[WHATNEXT?]

What a trip you and your mini had. Sounded wonderful.

So, tell me, why do you think you have not found your mate, yet? We at FR are here to listen and help.

[ladyjane]

You spent a year traveling with your dog across the country? What an experience! Years ago, maybe when I was in high school, I read Travels with Charlie by John Steinbeck. He did the same thing. I remember thinking to myself, I’m going to do that. I didn’t but I think I just might re-read the book.