[Faith-talk] Quotes for Saturday, June 18, 2016

[Debby Phillips]

Hi Erica, oh yes, I was so afraid of strange dogs that if one 
barked at me, I'd grab for the nearest person and hide behind 
them.  Seriously, I've grabbed perfect strangers before.  
Embarrassing.  And I could have gotten smacked for it.  If there 
wasn't a person nearby, I'd freeze in terror.  I had this 
beautiful little Golden Retriever named Nat.  She really wasn't 
too distracted by dogs.  But I was concerned that my fear would 
begin to affect her.  So I started calling around to counselors, 
and found this lady that did desensitization therapy.  It worked.  
I don't have that overwhelming fear anymore.  Once in a while I 
get fearful but then I use the word SUDS which stands for 
something which I can't remember anymore.  LOL.  But I start 
thinking of soapsuds and it makes me laugh.

Well, I loved my past guides, and actually a couple of family 
pets, but I definitely love our cat.    Debby