Our Little Dude

 

 

Our little dude.

We both adore him so much it's crazy.

He turned 15 in September.

15!

 

And though sometimes, I see the age in him,

Most of the time,

He has the energy of a much younger dog.

 

We laugh as I tell people he came with me, like part of a package.

Tom says that he is the Dad he had the longest.

And both are true.

Where I would go, Taco would too.

And Tom has been the longest Dad he will ever have. 

 

I want him to live forever,

But I know the truth, he won't.

So I try to brace myself for the day he won't be here anymore.

I want to be strong, for both Taco and for Tom.

But, I'm not sure I can be.

 

How can you be strong about a dog that made your heart so soft?