The Good, The Heartbreaking

Obviously if you're reading this you know I'm a dog lover and I think that most if not all who read this are as well. So you all know what it is to love a pup. It's an unfathomable love with never ending depths. You love your pup so much and just when you think, "I don't think I can love this dog more!" You realize the next day that you do! For Jim and I, there are times when we'll be out and about and we'll look at each other and know that the other is thinking, "I miss the boys...lets go home!" There is SO much good in loving our pups. The obvious stuff: The unconditional love they give you; the cuddles, the laughter; watching a tail wag so hard (just because you came home or woke up or looked at them) that their whole body wiggles. I could go on and on! You understand...it fills you up. 

Now, there's a reason I didn't write my title as "The Good, The Bad and the Heartbreaking". I don't see a single bad part in having a pup. I know that when the end comes, it's always hard; it's heartbreaking. But it's never bad because I think all the time, where would my boys be, where would Jim and I be if we didn't have them!? And I'll take all the heartbreak, hard as it is, knowing that my heart got a little bigger having them (Zeke, Bubba, Sami, Boo, Scout, Libby, Georgie Girl, Scatter, Bonnie, Healy) in my life. And I'll always want to get that and give that again because it's what makes my life full. 

And then I see the heartbreak that others go through way too soon. I'm speaking of my friend (mommy for my pups in absentia) Diane who is living that heartbreak right now. She's got Alice, a black lab only 7 years old who has been diagnosed with lymphoma. Any timeline on a pups life is way too short but 1-3 months isn't fair and I hate it for her. There's nothing you can say to make things easier. I just hope she keeps in mind every single second of the day that Alice has had the lovely life she's had these past 5 1/2 years because of the love she and Rick given to her. I hope that's enough for them because it's everything to Alice. It's all our pups live for; it's all they need. Keep them in your prayers because it's going to be heartbreaking.