Did you ever watch the movie “Because of Winn Dixie”? If not, let me bring you up to date. It’s about a girl named Opal who just moved to a small town with her preacher daddy. Opal finds a stray dog creating havoc in the Winn Dixie grocery store and claims him as her own and named him Winn Dixie They have many adventures together. Winn Dixie is terrified of storms. One night during a storm, Winn Dixie gets loose and runs away. Opal and her daddy look all over the small town in the dark and the pouring rain. When she gets home she makes a list of ten things she will always remember about Winn Dixie. I won’t tell you how it ends in case you want to watch it.
We had a Golden Retriever named Cookie. Her full name was Cookie Dough Dog Cooke. She passed away a few years ago at the ripe old age of 16. She had been a sweet, faithful, loving girl. I miss her deeply.






So, like Opal, I decided to make a list of things I will always remember about Cookie.
1. She loved everybody!
2. She played gently with Riley – my granddaughter.
3. She was scared of Thunderstorms.
4. She loved going to Dairy Queen for a Pup Cup of ice cream.
5. She had ADHD. LOL!
6. She loved to play frisbee.
7. She loved unwrapping her presents.
8. She loved chewing on a giant bone.
9. She was well behaved.
10. She knew commands.
11. She didn’t bark.
12. She greeted me at the door.
13. She understood my emotions and responded accordingly.
14. She followed me everywhere.
15. In the fall, she liked to run and jump into the leaf pile.