a dog’s job was to do what people wanted. - W. Bruce Cameron

When she sat on the couch I jumped up to be with her and I put my head in her lap. I could feel some of the tension and sadness leave her. I was giving Mom comfort. This was more important than going for walks, more important than helping feed the cats — it was the most important job I had. I knew I should sit with Mom for as long as she needed me.

My purpose, my whole life, had been to love him and be with him, to make him happy. I didn’t want to cause any unhappiness now — in that way, I decided it was probably better than he wasn’t here to see this, though I missed him so much at that moment the ache of it was as bad as the strange pains in my belly.

Lennon said that life’s what happens when you’re making other plans.