This event sparked a discussion between me and the kids on why you might need comfort dogs. It wasn't a pleasant conversation as we had to talk about some of the horrible things that have happened over the past couple of years that the comfort dogs went too. We talked about natural disasters, school shootings, why people in these situations need the dogs, and what kind of horrible things would have to befall a town before the comfort dogs are sent in.
What Connor took from this conversation is that people, even in the worst of times, can be comforted by the gentle nature of a great big dog.
What Connor took from this conversation is that people, even in the worst of times, can be comforted by the gentle nature of a great big dog.
What Sophie took from this conversation is that if our house happened to burn down, and we lost all our stuff...and we didn't have a place to live...we'd totally get to pet the comfort dogs and it would be awesome.
Clearly I need to find more opportunities for this girl to pet dogs.
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