My husband and I left our four-year-old paralyzed son with our dog, Tara, because we were too busy with household chores. Who could have predicted what may happen in half an hour?
Before we heard loud, frightening barking, our child and the dog were playing happily for a few minutes.My husband and I rushed outside in a panic, thinking Tara had hurt our son, but we were totally taken aback by what we saw.
Our child was diagnosed with a serious musculoskeletal condition at birth.He was unable to walk before the age of three.
We held out to that hope despite the doctors’ advice that there was little chance he would ever wake up.
We observed him skulking around the house and seeing him longingly gaze other children outside while we prayed every day.Since we adults couldn’t replace a true friend and his peers weren’t understanding of his predicament, he had no one to play with.
At that point, we decided to get a dog.At the very least, we wanted him to have a true friend.We decided on a Doberman from the shelter.Tara is the name we gave her.
At first, Tara kept her distance.She stayed away from us, and specifically from our son.We thought we had gone wrong.But after that, everything changed.
Tara began approaching the boy, lying down next to him, letting him touch her face, and giving him toys.They became friends.They were inseparable.
Our parents exhaled a sigh of relief for the first time in a long time.The youngster grinned and giggled.because of this puppy, in the end.We trusted Tara enough to leave them alone in the yard while we took care of household chores.
Then one day…
The house was shaken by a piercing, agonizing bark.It was so loud that we thought our hearts had stopped.We rushed out in a hurry, prepared for the worst.We were worried that Tara had hurt our son.But we were utterly amazed by what we saw.
Our child, who was four years old, was standing up.He held the stroller in his hand as he stood.His legs were trembling, his hands were gripping the handles hard, and Tara was standing beside him, barking as if he were calling out to us or saying, “Look!Look at what he has accomplished!
I started crying.We both rushed to our youngster.He gave us a scared look, yet there was something new in his eyes—confidence and strength.
It was a true miracle.
