Page 9 - MY BABY GIRL JOYSELYN

THE WONDERFUL DAY WE MET…

oyselyn and I met in Taos, New Mexico in the year 1989. I had put up
flyers advertising Obedience Dog Training that spring and she called for

an in-home consultation. She had a deaf and blind Husky named Zack
and a black Chow named Hanna. Wanted to teach Hanna to be a guide

dog for Zack. What a challenge this was going to be. I agreed to step up
to the task and the rest became history.

We did a great job working together training the dogs to work side by side. So,
well that Joyselyn and I found ourselves doing the same. So well in fact we got
Married on February 18, 1992. We sure found ourselves being tested. Had life

coming at us from all sides. Good, Bad, Ugly and, Indifferent. We stuck it out
and now here we are. Loving each other still in a not so perfect world. All the

blame falls on me, and to this day I do not understand Her courage to stand by
me. I am so grateful She has. So incredibly grateful that She was the life saver
that Yahusha threw out to me. I could not help but grab on.

We moved from Taos to Salem Oregon, so she could be closer to family.
Interestingly enough, cannot pick our family members in the way that we pick

our friends. Soon we thought to give it a try on the other side of the country at
my mom’s invite to Maryland. Silly to think it would be any different. So here

we are in Rosebud Texas.
I guess this is going to be our last stop. We both like it here and it feels safe.

Photo: 1991 Oct 18, 2019, JS 9