The other day I received an e-mail from Best Friends (if you don't know them, it's a large and wonderful animal rescue group based in Utah www.bestfriends.org). The e-mail invited subscribers to share their thoughts on how pets have changed their lives. That sounded inspiring, so I followed the link, ready to enter my enthusiastic response.
When I got there and started typing in the box I soon ran out of room. What? I thought we had 255 words! No! 255 characters. So, I cut and pruned and determined to write more here in the blog.
Here are my 255 characters:
Pets make me a better person by leading by example. Not the
throwing up on the bed or the rooting in the garbage example, but by their
abiding love and unerring devotion, by gazing into my eyes revealing kindred
spirits neither of whom need ever be alone.
And now it seems to me it's enough. Maybe 255 characters was a good idea after all.
Meanwhile, in my opinion, no blog entry should be without an image. Therefore...
This is my colored pencil and watercolor portrait of my beloved companion Mick. He looks sad - and this is an accurate representation of his expression - but he wasn't sad. He was earnest. Love you, Mick! Always!
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