Anyway, (just curious why isn't there a word "anywhy"), I realized why I growl. Yeah, I growl. It's not a mean growl or a vicious growl, but it's a low toned growl, or as Pam says, it's a deep hummming sound. She does it too. We both do it now and here's how it started.
When our dog, Duffy, grew out of puppyhood he started to growl --not with his teeth showing, but just a gutteral hmmmmmm. At first, we thought he might be unhappy with us or mad, but we learned his growl was just his way of talking to us and letting us know he was there. Whenever you pet him, he hmmmmms. Whenever you hmmmmmmm, he hmmmmmmms back. Whenever you don't pay attention to him, he hmmmmmms. So now Pam and I talk to him by hmmmmmmming. Actually, we talk to each other that way also. It's amazing how much you can say with just one hmmmmmmmm. It must be gutteral, of course. A high pitched hmmmmmm can be confused with screaming.
We sing in church that way now too. Maybe that's why they call them Hymns. We sit on the very last row (really the chairs in the overflow) in the very corner and just growl the Hymns. No words, just low pitched hmmmmmmmmmms. It's very contentual. I just made up that word. It's soothing, it's provides safety for the soul. It release whatever tension that builds up.
So, back to why? I've been sick with the cold or flu, I don't know which. Incidentally, I got a flu shot for the first time ever because Pam made me, and now I'm sick. This flold, I made that up too, has been bad. I gave to Ashley, while giving her a health blessing with Cameron. Anyway, it's been bad. Pam also has been having a difficult time with her jr. high kids this past week. It's just been rough for both of us. So this evening, at dusk, we went outside and sat by the pool in lounge chairs and growled. I would growl, then she would follow. Then we would growl together. Soon Duffy came over and growled with us. I wish we had a video of it. It was pure communication. No words were necessary. In fact, words don't do this story justice so instead I'd like to just say, hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I hope you understand.
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