Smiles

Maggie makes me smile. Plain and simple. I look at her and I smile. When she's playing I want to interrupt her play and pick her up and hug her to me and feel her warm puppiness. She woke me up at 3:00 a.m. with such an awful howling I had no choice but to go check on her. I usually pay no attention to her if she makes any noise during the night but this time it was so pitiful. I thought maybe she didn't take care of business before she went to bed so I got up and let her out. Even that I didn't mind. I smiled at her, hugged her to me and felt her warmth in the cold morning. She brings me joy. On my journey of aging, I find that this puppy is such a comfort to fill my long alone hours. She trots around the house like she owns the place and steals my heart with every step. Its so great to be able to spoil a puppy because unlike your children, they don't grow up and move away and have to fend for themselves.
" Our DOGS will love and admire the meanest of us, and feed out colossal VANITY with their uncritical homage." a quote from Agnes Relier.