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Thursday
Aug282008

constant friendship {love thursday}

friend (my millie)

miss millie patiently waits for us to head to bed, 8.27.08

my constant companion throughout my days.

she follows me around the house.

sighing when we finally settle into a room where i will work while she watches me, listens for squirrels and the mailman, and snoozes.

she came to stay just days after traveler died. we were just going to "foster" her for the rescue. but, of course, she knew she had come to stay forever.

when she rests her head on my foot when we curl up for a midday nap, i feel a certainty that all is as it should be in that moment.

she is one of my teachers as she seeks and sniffs and knows when to rest and knows when to play and knows just when to nudge me as if to say, "everything is gonna be alright."

she has a place right in the middle of my heart.

(more love thursday here)

Reader Comments (11)

Liz we have had 3 golden retrievers over the last 25 years and first two contracted cancer and the 3rd is a rescue named Sam ~ your post about Traveler was so touching ...the goldens are the love of life are'nt they!

August 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterELK

as you know, we so appreciate the love and companionship that our animal friends give us .... lovely pic of miss millie! xx, d

August 28, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterJP/deb

oh, what a wonderful tribute to your lovely millie. i wasn't really a dog person until this year when i started dogsitting for my cousin who was away for a business trip. now i love my cousin's dog so, so much.

August 28, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterodessa

I got a purebred black Lab puppy a month ago. I named him Indiana (Indy for short) and he's wonderful.

He loves to hang out under my desk in the studio and he puts his head on my foot too. I think it's so he'll know when I move so he can follow.

There's nothing like the unconditional love of a dog. I just adore him.

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterLelainia N. Lloyd

awwwwwww....
so sweet.
look at those eyes.
:0)

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered Commentergkgirl

i just melted ... right here in a pool ...

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterdaisies

A beautiful pic, Liz! Millie's nose in the pic resembles the shape of a heart. I so identify with your words having a furry friend of my own. I have loved and lost a couple too and I still think of them and miss them.

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterSerena

I think we are all going to get a great deal of joy out of you having a new camera lens... that's what I think!!

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered Commenterodd chick

she is so precious and so pretty. she sounds like a great best friend!

August 29, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterCali Homemaker

I've read your blog forever...but I've been a bad commenter !!!

I'm also going to SQUAM and I can't wait to meet you !!!

August 30, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBeth

Lovely! Your post reads like poetry. I can relate too. I feel the same way about my dog...who unexpectedly dropped into my life last year....

August 31, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterBeverly Keaton Smith

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