allergies, Dogs, God's faithfulness, God's love, Jack, Pets, prayer

Jack Chronicles: The Final Chapter (at least for us.)

That face. It’s a face any mother would love, don’t you think? Despite the eaten shoe and destroyed favorite book, Jack won my heart. Last summer I wrote about a puppy that we allowed to enter our lives despite every reason not to do so. We never owned a dog because my extremely allergic son could not even spend the night …

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Disappointments, Dogs, God's answers, God's faithfulness, God's love, Pets, Prayers

Jack Chronicles IV: God’s Creativity

For nothing is impossible with God (Luke 1:37).My son Andrew is highly allergic to dogs. His allergies aren’t just the nose sniffling, eyes itching kind but the  “I can’t breathe; an elephant is sitting on my chest!” We tried allergy shots for a year, but even after all of the treatment he couldn’t tolerate any dog even the hypoallergenic ones. …

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