10/12/2024
Sometimes a dog comes into your life at just the right time, slipping into the cracks without you even realizing it. They donāt announce themselves as saviors or miraclesātheyāre simply there, slowly weaving their way into your routine, your thoughts, your feelings, and your heart. You donāt see it then, but theyāre quietly pulling you out of places you thought youād never escape.
Itās only years later, when youāre looking back, that the clarity hits you. You remember the nights when the world felt too heavy, and they sat beside youāsteady and unshakenākeeping you tethered. You see how they filled your days with the kind of simple, unfiltered joy you had long forgotten existed. They didnāt fix everything, but they gave you a reason to keep goingāand sometimes, thatās enough. Sometimes, thatās all you need.
And maybe thatās the beauty of it. They donāt try to save you; they just do. In their own gentle way, they become the thing you didnāt know you needed. And long after theyāre gone, you realize it wasnāt just luck that they came when they didāit was love, pure and profound, walking into your life when you needed it most. Walking into your life and changing it, as if it was meant to mend and heal everything.
Thank you to R.M. Drake š from the book Dog People
Artist Credit : Barlow & Browning