Xerxes
Posted : 10/9/2006 10:12:14 PM
I love the way he's so excited when I come home from work, the way her tail bangs into everything, bruises my legs and she never stops wagging her entire body. The way that their eyes light up as they sprint and nobody can keep up with them. The look of contentment when they are sleeping. The way that every hair even tenses up when they spot a squirrel.
I just love that dogs live in the moment and they are happy for even the littlest thing: Throw them a papertowel cardboard roll and they act like it's the greatest thing on earth. Why can't humans be like that? Why can't we love unconditionally, bark before we bite, celebrate life with every breath we take?
That's what I like about my Xerxes, Gaia, and our feline pack member Dodo: They celebrate life with every breath and make me realize that the world isn't going to stop if I take them out for a walk instead of vacuuming.