Marj on God and Dog Bathing

Marj says--My inclination is to see Maddie's rolling as a metaphor for my persistant (insistant) attraction to the things that make me smell. Seems like every time God gives me a bath, it's only a matter of time - a very short time - before I've done my level best to reinstate my previous level of ick. Fortunately, He seems to be willing to keep bathing me so that I can be tolerated in the house and even considered huggable. In spite of myself.