I'm glad she's a dog and not a child

To continue the stream of more positive posts, I am going to introduce you to the dog in my life who is gorgeous and happens to be the size of a small horse. She eats a lot of bark and grass so I think she might also be part deer or goat. She makes me think that I'll be a decent mother someday because I've had her for over 2 years and I haven't wanted to get rid of her yet, which is a pretty big accomplishment for me because I tire of people and things fairly quickly. The lovely girl's name is Annabelle because when Trav and I went to the Waco Animal Shelter and picked her up (because she was a teensy tiny 8 week old pup and could be picked up back then), it took about 11 seconds to realize her name was obviously Annabelle. As a bit of trivia, Annabelle was going to be the name of our first born girl if that ever came about, but I now suppose we can't name our hypothetical child after our dog. Ah well, c'est la vie.

Annabelle is practically perfect in every way, much like the canine Mary Poppins. She has a cheery disposition, no warts, plays games, all sorts. She doesn't bark and when she thinks you are sad, she will come up to you wherever you are sitting and put her head on your knee like this:



That's her way of showing you that she's there for you even when life's full of poop.
It also might mean get up off your arse because I need to go out and take a poop.

And although I do realize she is not human and will never dress her in people's clothes or talk about her like she is my child, I do honestly think she's capable of great love. Very few people in my life ever have shown me the amount of unconditional acceptance and forgiveness and affection that this dog has given me. Having a dog should be required of all single, married, old, young, happy or depressed people.

No doubt you will be hearing more about her in the future.