Wishing for canine simplicity

Off to her buddy's house
London, ON
June 2019
This photo originally shared on Instagram

When the planetary merry go round spins too quickly for me, I often retreat to the simplest of things. And as any dog owner knows, this is as blissfully simple as it gets.

Calli Finnegan Levy is hardly simple, and I'll probably never figure out what's going on between those delightful little ears. She's a sharply smart dog who seems to understand everything around her, even if her stubbornness prevents her from actually listening to us most of the time.

But while the dog may be complex, her life is not. She snuggles. She plays. She hovers over her people when she knows something is up.

This chapter of our family's journey was and is very much on her Schnauzer radar. From the moment the phone first rang with the news about Debbie's dad's passing, she wouldn't let us out of her sight. Somehow, she knew.

She knew we were dropping everything and running. She knew her people were kinda sad. She knew we needed her more than we already did. She knew she needed to step up.

So when a dear friend offered to look after her before we hit the road, she was especially sweet as we loaded her into the car. When we got to her house, she greeted her like the best friend she's been since the day we brought her home. Pure joy from a pup despite the turbulent world around her. It was a necessary and heartening reminder of what we hold onto when things get rough.

Simple, but not really. Because there's a lot going on in the midst of an impossibly kind soul, whether it belongs to the dog you see here, or the friends who have surrounded us with their amazingness ever since this entire journey began.

Good dogs and good friends. Sounds like a great foundation for a well lived life, doesn't it?

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