Friday
Sep052008
Her Only Fault
Friday, September 5, 2008 at 01:45PM 
My constant companion. She curls up on the floor beside me when I'm working at my drawing board or fooling around on the computer.
I glanced down just now and saw her--really saw her. She is aging before our eyes--it grieves me to think that someday she won't be there, curled up at my feet.
Dogs' lives are too short. Their only fault, really. -Agnes Sligh Turnbull
Reader Comments (6)
I was thinking something similar about my Sally, who is 12 years old now. She was napping out on the deck in the sunshine this morning, and I had to fairly shake her to wake her up.Most mornings Eve doesn't even wake up when she hears me scrambling eggs for breakfast--her favorite. Eve likes to lay on the hot sidewalk out front and bask in the sunshine, too.
You already know that I feel exactly the way you do on this subject. Charlie will be 13 years old in just under 6 weeks! His only fault, really.Oh, I love Charlie! It's so sad to see them get old, isn't it?
This made me burst into tears. One of my cats is suddenly a fragile old lady and it is SO SAD.Oh, Beck. I'm sorry you cried; I sat here typing this post with tears streaming down my cheeks. You're right; it is SO SAD.
How easily we grow to love them, and how difficult to let them go...
So you forgive her for the rug last night. LOVE FORGIVES ALL THINGS- even peeing on the rug. You mean peeing on the rugS! Oh, yes! I forgave her. My rugs are freshly shampooed and it didn't rain today so she was very tractable about going outside. Besides, someday I just might get old and wet my bed. I'd want someone to take care of me and forgive me and understand that I'm an old girl.Yes, love forgives all things.
Our Rocket is just 1 year 9 months and we just adopted Delilah this August and she was 4 years old in July. She already has some grey on her chin. We cannot imagine our lives without them -- even Delilah. She has already embedded herself deeply in our hearts and Rocket is SO attached to her as well. We will give them the best of what we have while they are with us and pray that God gives us strength when we need to make that "decision". I've had to make a few "decisions" for other dogs I've had. It was gut wrenching but proper. I pray God takes them in their sleep that way it's his decision and not mine.