Lizard Chapter 6: HE FINDS US AT OUR NEW HOUSE

Spring was approaching and we were starting to leave the windows and doors open to let the fresh warm are into the house. One day, I guess when we weren't paying attention, Mr. Lizard came right into our house.  He headed straight for the fireplace bricks where he scurried up with his sure-webbed feet and he just sat there like a decoration that you would buy in a southwest novelty shop.  He looked like he belonged there and I was happy to have him back. 

I hoped that Kate might let him stay here with us but when she saw him she said, "WHAT are YOU doing here?"  She was really nice about it but she said he had to stay outside where he belonged.  

She carefully pulled his webbed feet and hands off the cinder block, placed him in a pretty towel and carried him outside where they sat for a little while talking.  I don't know what they were talking about because I went out to the kitchen to finish my breakfast and drink some water. When I came back Kate was inside getting dressed for work and Mr. Lizard was still sitting on the towel on the bench outside where they were sitting.  

Kate went to work and Mr. Lizard stayed in the same place on that towel on the bench for many hours.  Then I guess he left but I knew that he would be back because he told me he would be.  He told me he would come back to see me in a few months.  I liked the thought that I was sure I would see him again. 

Even though I knew he was going back out into the predatory world with lots of risks to life and limb, I just had the feeling that he would be okay and that he would do as he said he would do.  

Lizard Chapter 5: THERE HE IS AGAIN!

I was really surprised one day when I saw him clinging to the screen door on the back patio. A lot of time had passed because I had grown from a puppy into a dog and I was twice as big as I was last time I saw him. I didn't need to ask myself if it was him.  It was him.  He had a presence that no other lizard possessed.  He was clinging to the screen only because he wanted me to know that he was there.  He moved around until I saw him and then he just sat there and talked to me.  

He told me very calmly of the adventures he had experienced in the natural habitat that surrounded our house.  He told me how he traveled several miles into the national forest but that every once in awhile he would think of us and know that he had to come back to see us.  

He told me to keep special watch over Kate in the days ahead and to always be sure to come into the house when the coyotes would come near the house.  Of course I knew to do that, but it was endearing that he was so protective of us.  I told him I appreciated him and it was not long after that he was gone again.  

Lizard Chapter 4: WONDERING WHERE HE WENT

Days passed -- maybe even years. Every once in awhile I'd think of him.  Even though we didn't really play together when he visited, I liked him a lot. I wondered where he went when he wasn't around.

I felt like I knew him from somewhere, some time a long long time ago. I know it sounds strange but he felt like my father, my brother, my son, my friend, he felt like everything all wrapped up into one. 

I think Kate liked him a lot too, even though we really never talked about him.  

Lizard Chapter 3: HE COMES BACK A THIRD TIME

He was Over Her Head

The next time we saw Lizard he showed up on the front porch of our house and he just sat there a little higher than Kate's head.  We came up the steps one day and there he was.  He just sat and looked at us and we stood and looked at him.  "Nice to see you again." said Kate.  He just blinked.  He was trying to tell me something, I wasn't sure what.  It was something important.  

Lizard

He stayed there for a few days.  He stayed there until the day we took Grady to the vet and came back to the house without her.  I don't remember seeing him when we came home, but maybe he was there. Kate and I were pretty upset about what had happened and maybe we just walked by him and never saw him.  

Godspeed Grady

Lizard Chapter 2: HE COMES BACK A SECOND TIME

Every once in awhile I would think I saw Lizard over at our house around the corner from Joanne's, but then sometimes I would think maybe it wasn't him.  Lots of lizards look the same.  There was one that kind of looked like him and he would come hang out and we would play a little bit.  I think he was a different lizard though because Mr. Lizard was more serious than that.  I don't think Mr. Lizard was the kind of lizard that wanted to play and be chased and jump around like most lizards do.

My Friend Mr. Lizard Chapter 1: WHEN WE MET

I remember the first time I saw him.  He was hanging out at our friend Joanne's house right before her husband went to the hospital.  Everything was so serious and somber and yet Mr. Lizard was the biggest coolest-looking lizard I ever saw.  Usually I liked to chase lizards but this one... this one commanded respect.  This one seemed, somehow, to be my friend.  He was different from the others but I wasn't sure why.  He used to hang out under the light on the wall outside Joanne's front door.  

One day we learned that Joanne's husband died at the hospital.  We brought some dinner over for her.  We said "Hello" to Mr. Lizard when we arrived.  We said "See you tomorrow, Mr. Lizard," when we left.  When Tomorrow came Mr. Lizard was gone.  It was strange.  He had been there for many days and then we didn't see him for the longest time.  

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Circumstances appear to be pushing you into a corner today, but the lightning bolt of awareness strikes just when you start to feel hopeless. Your new perspective changes the rules of the game. You're not restrained by old patterns any longer if you can see yourself in a different light. Ironically, the external situation may stay the same for a while, but at least you are now free to explore alternative options before deciding what to do next.