Zoe

My new Claddagh ring must be working as with the heart in for being secure in love, the hands surrounding it with friendship and the crown giving trust I am more secure in my future.

Thank you Ms. Liz. I had to look it up and find one and even order it so do the sword dance one more time for my double nickel birthday. I’ll sing an Irish song for you. How about Scot… you take the low road and I’ll take the high road. Loch Lomond of course. Our water came from there, unfiltered and cold as could be.

Before I met my husband of nearly 11 years we talked about children. I said we needed to get a dog first. That hip-less dog will be ten in a couple of months.

Yes, there’s family, teachers. friends and love that come into one’s life. Who made me grow up? My dogs and cats. Each taught me something. Each went outside the box. Yes, all were rescues and as they’ve done me proud I hope I did as much for them as they did for me. They taught me love, honor, forgiveness and joy.

Nathan talked and always got the last word in. Chani was the mother of all dogs, and cats and was calmed of uniformed personnel and children when all the kids loved her and gave the park a tree in her memory.  Mickey jumped into Chani’s bed and she did everything a good mom would do. He caught post-it notes and retrieved them at my feet. All the dogs in the neighborhood came to visit him to play. I’d get calls early in the morning asking if a certain dog was at my door. Yep.

Sadly they’re all gone for a decade. We’ve not been here long but everyone knows my dog Zoe, Greek for “life,” and even little kids want to meet her. She has also  taught me lessons of patience, love, the need for some obedience and making a good dinner. Seeing my husband with her is joy, personified. Dee