A Dog & His Girl

"Mama, wouldn't it be nice if there was a miracle and Sunny lived for another year?" her big beautiful eyes seemed to plead with me as if I might be able to grant this wish.

"You know, Baby, I'd like to think that Sunny got his Miracle, because he came to live with us for about seven years. Do you know the story of how he came to live with us?"

And so i hugged my daughter tight and told her about how Sunny was with another owner. And she had a boyfriend. The boyfriend always thought that she was really mean to her cute little dog, Honey. Well, they ended up breaking up and when the man left, he couldn't bear to leave Honey with the lady because he didn't think she took very good care of this really nice dog.

the only problem was that he couldn't keep a dog with him, he lived in a small trailer. so one day he left Honey with his daughter, Candy. he said, "please find Honey a good home because i can't keep him with me.."

Well, Candy couldn't keep him either - she had a rabbit, a couple cats, four kids, and a male rat she just bought from the pet store (who surprised us all and had seven babies one morning...)

so Candy called up her friend around the corner (guess who that was?) and said, "hey girl, i know you have no time, money, or space in your house right now for a dog, but i can't keep him and he's REALLY nice. waddaya think?" i went to her house and fell in love. when honey came to live with us i changed his name to sunny because honey seemed a bit too girly.

sunny was the most wonderful companion. i remember once when i cried so hard i couldn't breathe. i gasped and sobbed and ached from the inside out. and he jumped up on my bed and plopped down (literally) on top of me. he would escort the little ones to the bathroom in the middle of the night and if anyone was awake in the house, he would stay with them until they went to bed.

i'm so very grateful to have had such great adventures with my dog. i could walk him without a leash in the middle of the night and he wouldn't stray too far from me. he listened so well. i hope he heard the immense love in my voice as i told him what a good dog he was as he collapsed in my arms when he was put to sleep yesterday morning. i miss him so much.

wonderful what the unconditional love of an animal can do for the soul, huh?

sigh. ok... time to dry the eyes, put on my Mom Shirt and be growned up for my kids.