The Best Part About Owning A Dog

The Best Part About Owning A Dog
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~is the way he will come over to see me, for no reason, just to let me know I'm important to him~

~is the way he is always ready to lick the jelly off my nose~

~is the way he looks into my eyes and finds contentment in simply being near me~

~is the way he will run all over the yard, fetch a soggy tennis ball and bring it back to me as if to say "look mom, it's all I have, but it's yours"~

~is the way he wakes me up in the morning by pushing his cold wet nose in my ear and snuffling loudly~

~is the way he shreds toilet paper all over the house, because it's fun even though he knows he shouldn't~

~is the way he's sure he can catch the ducks in the lake~

~is the way he comes over to me when he is sad~

~is the way he wedges himself near me when I am sad and pushes all others away, to console me with his love~

~is the way he pounces on crickets in the backyard~

~is the way he looks perplexed when they escape~

~is the way he is terrified of the evil pink hula hoop~

~is the way he doesn't mind how much of that horrid perfume I'm wearing just because it was a gift from my relative who's visiting~

~is the way he doesn't care about bad hair day or overdue bills~

~is the way he loves me, even when I am impatient with him and have no time this morning for a game of tug-a-war~

~is the way his coat feels like liquid silk under my fingers~

~is the way he finds wisdom beyond words~
"The Best Part"