Be Like a Spider and Rebuild, Persevere, and Move On
What I learned by walking my mom’s dog every night.
We should rename this time of year, “Spider Web Season.” Here’s why.
Every evening, right before dinner, I take my mom’s dog for a walk. A brown chihuahua mixed with 50 other breeds, Peanut (picture below) loves his afternoon walk. My mom says he starts whining two hours before I come to get him and often won’t go outside all day.
They say dogs can’t anticipate the future, but I’m sure Peanut does.
Our evening walk is a leisurely walk around the boundaries of our property. While Peanut sniffs and marks everything in the yard, I let the stress of the day slip from my shoulders and shift into home mode. The walk is the perfect transition from work to rest.
The last few nights, our walks were less enjoyable.
No matter how hard I keep on the lookout, every night I walk face first into a spider web. Then I do the jerky dance of trying to jump backwards while pulling strands of spider silk from your face and hair.
The dance leaves me tangled in Peanut’s leash. Peanut waits patiently for me to stop jumping around and then returns to his business. Back in the house, I have an hour long fight with myself about whether there are…
