Animals Assisting Their Guardians

About six months ago, I had a communication session with one of my animal clients Mae. During the session, she mentioned to me that her mom had been very serious lately so she had been doing things to try to make her mom laugh.  Unfortunately, either her mom didn't notice or she would be irritated with Mae's antics, rather than seeing the humor in it.  She asked me if I could talk to her mom about it.

Of course, I was more than happy to pass the message along.  Mae's mom was tickled to hear that her girl had been trying to lighten her up a bit and she promised that she would make an effort to pay more attention to Mae's attempts at humor.

In the last six months, I have received several emails from Mae's mom telling me about the things Mae has done to make her laugh.  These emails make me smile from the top of my head to the tips of my toes because I can tell what a positive impact it has had on Mae's mom.  Her mood has been lighter, she laughs more often and in general just feeling happier.  Even on the morning when she had made her bed and Mae stuck back into the bedroom and knocked all the pillows off the bed . . . she admitted that in the past she might have been irritated but that morning she just sat down on the bed and laughed, giving Mae a huge hug and thanking her for humorous antics.

I had a session with Mae today and when I asked her if she had any messages for her mom, she said she was very grateful that her mom was now noticing when she was doing things to make her laugh.  She said in the past, it wasn't quite as much fun to do funny things, because her mom didn't always notice but now that her mom has been noticing, it has inspired her to do it even more often.  She asked me to thank her mom for noticing.  I could tell it makes Mae feel good to know that she is helping her mom enjoy life more.

Our animals are attempting to help us all the time.  I have written about some of the more serious things they have done to assist their guardians, helping them learn and grow or helping them through illnesses by taking on some of the issues but it's nice to know they also help us sometimes by providing comic relief.

Are your pets trying to do things to make YOU laugh?   I'd love to hear if they are.