No matter what Mother Nature does to us, life does still go on, albeit slightly differently to what it was a week ago. And puppies keep on eating, sleeping, growing, playing with toys, learning about their environment. Just as they should. They are not too bothered by the shaking, just so long as they are kept warm, fed, watered, and clean. For us, the pups are a welcome distraction to what is going on outside in our city. We are saddened, like the rest of New Zealand, about the dead, and the missing. But life does go on, and there is no greater joy than having a puppy lick your face. Christchurch will rise again, it is just going to take some time.