SOL17 DoodleaDay 19 Best Friend
New puppies are such a joy mixed with frustration while filled with laughter and unconditional love.
Every time I see a dog and its family, I miss our best friend. We recognize those with “kind eyes” and think again about perhaps finding another Rezmutt to tug at our hearts and make us walk twice a day. A dog is man’s best friend, and they require the continuous care of a best friend. Unlike our cats [whom we also love dearly]– they only require a huge bowl of food and a big bowl of water if we need to leave town. But dogs are different; they need your company and to tag along, not content to sleep all day and night until you return. Nope: they are part of you and part of you wherever you go. A dog owner’s entire itinerary is completely different than dogless people: walks, pet friendly hotels, walks, fetch, tug-o-war, sniffs, walks…are planned events! And we wouldn’t have it any other way.
So… we’ve been talking about it, but still…we miss the best dog ever:
We loved our Rezmutt: reservation mutt~ from the Colville Indian Reservation where I taught. Here’s how she came be ours for thirteen years:
And she grew old with us:
And after hundreds of miles of walking and playing, swimming and napping with always a tail wag and eager kindness, she left us.
And we still miss those kind eyes.
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Part of Slice of Life 2017 by The Two Writing Teachers
Part of DoodleaDay by Royan Lee— today: Doodle a Photo; Add Caption
Doodling song: Dog Beach Jazzooo by Doug Robinson
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Sheri Edwards View All
Geeky Gramma ~~
Retired Middle School Language Arts/Media Teacher ~~
Writer and Thinker~~
Art from the Heart
You said it all, Sheri.
We were watching an old home video the other day, and our old dog/friend, Bella, came wagging into the screen again, circling the kids in her old protective mode. It was a quiet moment, remembering her.
Kevin