one | september

September was a rough one for us, we unexpectedly and abruptly lost our best friend, our sweet, goofy, loyal, fun-loving Australian Shepherd, Calvin.

Cal – I still see you everywhere, I keep expecting you to bound out the door every time I come home. And am saddened again every time I open the door and nobody is behind it. I still move my legs to the side when jumping out of bed in the morning so that I don’t step on you. You were always right under my feet.

The kids loved you so much. Like a proud papa lion you let them do just about anything to you without so much as flinching. Brenna even fell on you several times from the couch. That can’t have felt good. You didn’t budge. In fact, I think every time it happened you probably wondered if she was okay. One of the images I have burned in my mind is her throwing her chubby little toddler arms around your big,furry, beautiful neck and saying “Hiiii Calbiiiin!!! Hiiiiiiiiiii hiiiiiiii!!!!” and squeezing you as tight as she could. She did this to you numerous times when I know you weren’t feeling well, and again, instead of moving away from her, I could almost see you smiling.

This image was one of the last I took of you, unbeknownst to me. We were staying in our log cabin in the woods and you were annoyed that we were leaving you behind when we left to go out to eat. You always hated being left behind. We miss you and hope there are endless tennis balls to chase and lakes to dive into in doggie Heaven. You were the best and we miss you so.

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