Who I Miss

I'm sure this won't be a surprise to many of you, given that I seem to like dogs more than people, but I miss Ruby. Ruby is my mom's beautiful bullmastiff, which makes her my lit'l sis. ;-) There are so many things I miss about her, but mostly, I miss our long walks together. My mom got Ruby just weeks before Bodacious passed, she was only 16 weeks old, but boy did they love to play together. Although Ruby & Bodacious were friends for just a short while, there is something about her that keeps his spirit alive. She was a key component to my getting through his loss.

That's the weird thing about moving to a different state, while I miss my family and friends, I can still pick up the phone to call them, or even write them a quick text message or email. But not with dogs, and I guess that's why life is so much more simple for them.

Anyway, hopefully I haven't lost too many of you with my "dog-talk," but today was a rough day. I got a call from my grandparents, who live just up the street, asking me if I could come over because their 15-yr old german shepard didn't seem to be doing too well. The fact is, he hasn't been doing well for some time now, but I understand this is hard to admit when he is your own dog . So I knew that if they were calling me to say this, it must have been pretty bad, and it was. And as bad as I wanted to, and even tried to, there was nothing I could do, it was very prevelant that it was "his time." He will be missed, and his spirit will live on with us.

Until one has loved an animal, a part of one's soul remains unawakened. -Anatole France