64° F.
91% humidty.
Cloud cover low.
Dusk.
I’m sitting on the front stoop.
Zeke (dog) tucked in close to Mama.
Garmin finishes syncing up with the Gremlins.
I walk onto the street.
Strap on the head phones.
And turn the music up.
Take a deep breath.
I see Susan waving me back.
“Zeke’s crying.”
“Zeke’s crying?”
“Yes, I think he wants to come.”
It’s been four years.
Four years since we’ve run together. He was a pup.
Since then, a running dog that doesn’t run.
I let him off leash at the park.
He runs ahead.
Big ears flopping.
His foot prints marking the sand.
He accelerates. Running down a seagull.
He looks back.
“Get it Boy. Get it.”
Soft rain spitting.
Gentle wind gusts at our back.
Run boy. Run.
It ain’t over for us yet.
Image Credit: Your Eyes Blaze Out
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So happy you took him to the park! 🙂
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🙂 Thanks Yvonne. So glad that “He” decided to come. Reminds me of this cartoon:
http://andersonlayman.blogspot.com/2013/10/the-great-illusion.html
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Giggle Giggle! Loved the cartoon as well! Are you the one in charge David? 🙂
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Absolutely not!
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🙂
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Love the image of Charlie Brown and Snoopy. It suits your post perfectly!
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🙂
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I KNEW this relationship had not seen its best days yet. Even mama’s boys love their dad’s too.
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Laughing. Thank goodness for that.
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One of life’s sweetest experiences, I think…being with your dog and just experiencing joy. 🙂
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It is Carol, it is.
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you both are on the second half of your final lap around the big park – he knows this and wants to share it with you, one of his loved ones.
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🙂 You’re a dog whisperer too!
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Nothing better than a man and his dog…. 🙂
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and his electronic games, his sports, his naps, his…
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Cute – he is certainly teaching you patience 🙂
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🙂 And as you know, there is a vast amount of learning on that topic for me.
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Life is a run, when you stop, you die.
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In that case, let’s keep running…
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Nothing like a memorable run. And this is one to remember. Thanks for sharing this with me.
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Thanks Carolann
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Oh, wow, just like a dog. The minute you ignore him, he wants to come along. Oh, wait. That’s a cat…
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Laughing…
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Zeke is a good “situational” decision maker 😉
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He certainly is!
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making my heart smile…i have such a soft spot for dogs…
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I’m glad. Thanks Vicki
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Such a sweet post, David. It was about time. 🙂
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Yes it was Sylvia. 🙂 Thank you.
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