Watching, waiting, wondering
By Brad on Jul 21, 2008 in Family, Trivial Matters | comments(1)
Sam wonders where they could be. What’s taking them so long? Princess (in the background) watches the door, waiting for their return.
Our daughters Sarah and Ashley, and our Lhasa Apso Gideon, are spending time at Grandma’s this week. Their absence has been duly noted and the melancholic waiting vigil has been underway since late Saturday afternoon, only a couple of hours after the girls and Gideon left without them.
It’s been quiet. Too quiet. Even the normally high-strung Sam has been moping around, searching… longing… wondering… waiting.
And it’s not just the dogs. As much as we like spending time with each other, Karla and I always feel a little emptier when the girls aren’t around. They are so much an integral part of our lives that their absence leaves behind an emptiness that’s hard to fill. I understand what Sam is feeling. We’re all feeling it.
We only five days more until we go to Enid to pick them up. In dog years, that’s 45 days! Poor Sam. Poor Princess. Poor me!
