The other day, Tom was at a store where they were selling pumpkins, and he wanted to pick up another for our house. In front of us were a mom and her child. The child was around ten years old. Tom was not trying to overhear their conversation, but he couldn't help it. The boy asked his mom for a pumpkin, and she told him they would have to wait for payday. As she told her son this, she began to cry. Tom's heart sank. He did not know what to do or say. He thought he would buy the pumpkin for the boy but did not want to embarrass the mother. The boy begged for even a small pumpkin, but his mom was in tears and grabbed his hand, and took off to the parking lot. Tom was about to buy one and run it out to their car, but he stood there, sad from what he witnessed and feeling like one lucky dog because he has so much in life and does not need to worry about buying a pumpkin. Grateful is a big word in our house.

Tom felt like he had let the moment go and lost an opportunity to do something for someone. Tom can be hard on himself at times. I am proud of his heart, but sometimes a human's heart hurts when they see someone else in pain. To tell me, Dogs are much more intuitive and intensely aware of human emotions than humans, and it's part of our beauty and torture as an animal species.

When we got home, Tom wrote down his experience on Facebook. He wanted to share that he felt sad and wished he would have bought them that pumpkin but did not fully listen to his heart. Humans feel that sharing their personal stories can help other humans. I think that is a nice attribute of being human. He also decided that we should not get a pumpkin that day because he just couldn't, knowing that boy did not have one.

He posted this story online, and the next day, we woke up, and when we opened the door to let me out to tinkle, our yard was full of Pumpkins. It was The Great Pumpkin! We have no idea who gave us such a cool and unexpected gift, but it brought tears to Tom's and my eyes. There are good people everywhere, and The Great Pumpkin does exist!