Status Updates From Dog Songs

We become religious,
then we turn from it,
then we are in need and maybe we turn back.
We turn to making money,
then we turn to the moral life,
then we think about money again.
We meet wonderful people, but lose them
in our busyness.
We’re, as the saying goes, all over the place.
Steadfastness, it seems,
is more about dogs than about us.
One of the reasons we love them so much.

Pat checked this out from the library and said I should read it and all I can think about is my Peyters. And how lucky we are to have dogs. And cats. Can’t wait to be a pet mom again very soon.

"Tell me you love me", he says.
"Tell me again".

Could there be a sweeter arrangement? Over and over he gets to ask.
I get to tell.