It’s been one year. One year since I said goodbye to the dog that walked through life with me from the time she was six weeks old. I didn’t go looking for her. I went to the pound for a different dog I had found earlier that week. When I got there, they told me … More One Year Without Sadie
Sometimes life has a way of circling back when you least expect it. You’re driving along, mind focused on bills, work, or a dozen other small responsibilities, and then, suddenly, a familiar car, a familiar face, a heartbeat you once knew by memory. That happened to me today. She didn’t see me, or maybe she … More The Beauty in the Rearview
I catch myself staring at her again. She notices. “What?” she asks, “What are you staring at?” “Nothing,” I say, but it’s not nothing. It’s everything. I’m memorizing every detail—how the soft glow of the light catches the curve of her cheek, the way her lips part just slightly before she speaks, the tiny crinkle … More If Today was the Last Day
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