Dog Days 08.05.13

She took me completely by surprise as I’d never thought I’d be into a gal like her.

Yet, there was something about her long legs and her brown eyes that I found irresistible. The way she rested her head on my knee made me fall in love in an instant. 

Her name was Charlotte and we’d take long, lazy walks together and sleep in on the weekends. Lucky for me she loved tofu just as much as I did and she’d sneak bites off my plate when she thought I wasn’t looking. She’d listen to me like no one else ever had — with no judgement or criticism, just love. 

Charlotte never asked for much, but what she did want, I was more than happy to give 100 times over. I cared for her in sickness and in health, for richer and poorer. It was true love.

Sadly, our relationship only lasted 4 years because she was up in years when I met her. I didn’t mind loving an old lady; she was my girl. But one day she was just gone and my life has never ever been the same. 

What I wouldn’t do to hear one more bay from her royal houndness.