Eight Years?
Three years ago I wrote this column: http://www.valleyplanet.com/article.php?id=1367
It still rings true. Amazing how some things never change. :(
It still rings true. Amazing how some things never change. :(
The Problem with Expectations
Jake Ryan Gregg lays 10 feet from me; half on the dining
room rug, half off. The bare wood floor is dark and pressed against his belly
it cools his body. I scan him for signs of life. Slowly, his ribs expand and
contract as I count his breaths to mine. One full for me, two – nearly three –
for him. We are nine days from welcoming his twelfth year, three months from
our 12-year anniversary. Expand and contract. My eyes can’t look away, even as
they fill with tears. I walk to him and press my face against his failing body.
Expand. And contract.
I won’t bore you with the story of our lives. I’m a dog mom, and not a novel one at that. Just like most dog moms, I love mine beyond words. I’ve taken him on countless walks. I’ve held him when he hurt. I’ve snuggled him when he was tired. I’ve joyfully met him at the door every time I opened it. And then one day it all changed. I am a mom. I knew.
“Diabetes,” the vet relayed on a mid-March morning. “Manageable,” she continued. By mid-April, manag…
I won’t bore you with the story of our lives. I’m a dog mom, and not a novel one at that. Just like most dog moms, I love mine beyond words. I’ve taken him on countless walks. I’ve held him when he hurt. I’ve snuggled him when he was tired. I’ve joyfully met him at the door every time I opened it. And then one day it all changed. I am a mom. I knew.
“Diabetes,” the vet relayed on a mid-March morning. “Manageable,” she continued. By mid-April, manag…
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