It just never occurred to me what it might be like to get a mother's day wish before this one arrived from my student on behalf of my pup, who i fondly call Chhori. Chhori has been my baby ever since she arrived in my life, just weeks after I had miscarried. She's been the centre of my life through all these years, even as things like work, friends, food, sex, arguments, etc, took up so much of my time.
I often wonder how it is that I got so lucky with all the dogs in my life.
Ba often jokes that Chhori watches over me as I sleep because she must think I'm her daughter. Well, she wakes me up with a toy on my pillow every morning, so who knows? :)
But that got me thinking about how pups are babies till the time they're younger than you. And then half way through their life, they are already older than you, and you start wishing they lived as long as you might.
that student of yours must have seen a great deal of love in you in caring for those furry friends... i'm sad to learn about the miscarriage...
ReplyDeleteI read somewhere where a 6-year old boy explained why humans live longer than dogs: " “People are born so that they can learn how to live a good life – like loving everybody all the time and being nice, right? Well, dogs already know how to do that, so they don’t have to stay as long.”