From the dog

I strive to be the best I can be so that my master might have a better life because of me. Today I was sitting in nana's kitchen between these three wonderful women from three completely different times and I thought "They gave me to the youngest because she needs me the most." Last night we went for what I thought was just a car ride, but it turns out we drove all the way to nana's. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed the new smells, the feel of where my master goes after leaving the apartment, the wind from the wholes in the front of the car (I think they call them vents but I don't understand what the word vent has to do with blowing air into ones hair), and the unsteadiness of the route as we swerve in and out of traffic. Of course there's also the slight chance my master might pick up lilly and give me the perfect opportunity to sneak onto her lap where all of these things are multiplied! As we go along my master keeps looking at me, checking in with how I'm responding to this sudden change of plans, as I could sense her energy level dropping and night getting deeper around us just before we took this adventure. I smile and make funny faces at her when our eyes catch and she always smiles and laughs back at me. It makes me feel good to see her smile even when she is so tense. In the morning, as I sat there and pondered why I had been sent to live with the youngest of these three women who would have such changes in her life is isn't sure what she wants out of it yet I realized, she needs me the most. She needs someone who will be there for her without asking questions or analyzing what's happening. She needs someone to support her every decision and just believe in her that she would make the right one. I don't question and I don't evaluate her, I love her, I support her, I go with her when she needs to de-stress in her car, I aid in her relaxation by not saying a word, and I lay by her so that she will feel warmth when her heart feels like stone. I will tolerate the boys she gives her heart to because some of them smell pretty good. But when that boy leaves her, I'll be there. I see how she lives her life, I smell the good she brings to others, I sense the bounce in her step and the drag in her heart, and I am there for her. These older women have things figured out that my master is still just encountering. The uncertain one is the one who needs a dog like me.

So I will make a funny face at her when tears are not far, I will do my best to mend the mess and heal her battle scars. I will fight to protect, and always inspect, these people who move through our lives. And when she needs a speechless friend to listen, I will pretend to comprehend, like my other master kristen, and I will not forget my mission here on planet Earth. For, I will love you, I will support you, I will serve you, my master since birth.