Friday, August 24

LITTLE DOGGIE AND FOOD FEEDING GRANDMA!

For the past week, I've watched the grandma that I'm staying with be in constant worry about the eating habits of the little doggie staying with us. It's been nearly a week that we've all been together and I've had strict instructions from the parents not to feed the dog from the table. 

Yeah, well try to tell that to an eighty-eight year old grandma from India that doesn't speak english! 

Even though they have called and told her over the phone, grandma doesn't care. It's in her blood! She has to share everything and make sure everyone who comes around is fed! 

Grandma eats a pancake for breakfast and dinner which she makes for herself. The pancake is made up of something like dried bean meal and flour. Little doggie got pancakes for the first few days. Then little doggie got bored and wasn't eating the pancakes any longer. Next thing I know, little doggie is drinking tea and milk from a bowl! Lord have mercy! Now grandma is trying to entice her with grapes, banana and rice.

My sister told me grapes are not good for dogs...tell grandma! We're out of grapes! Great, now she's feeding her cookies and this morning I noticed she opened a new package to feed her! I can't watch! 
(I am monitoring little doggie and she seems happy and is pooping and peeing...she's doing ok!)

In the meantime, the parents are calling, wondering if little doggie is eating her dog food.  Ugh, no! 

The point of telling you all of this is that what grandma did today really tied into yesterday's blog, of breaking down things into small, manageable steps. 

This morning, still worried, grandma makes some kind of a new pancake (she is explaining to me) and brings it into the bedroom where little doggie is sitting on the bed, looking out the window. Little doggie is definitely not interested in what grandma has to offer. Feeling badly for grandma, I walk out of the room and little doggie follows.

Grandma has a bowl with 2 pieces of whatever she has made for little doggie and a plastic lid in her other hand with little pieces of food on it. She puts the bowl on the floor and little doggie eats. Grandma continues to add just 2 pieces at a time until little doggie has eaten it all. Little doggies tummy is full and grandma is happy. 

This was just another chance for me to see how too much of anything can be overwhelming! 
Little steps, little bits of food, little beginnings can be the hallmark of GREAT ENDINGS!  Just do it! 

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