"Grow Old With Your Pet"
"When I am old, I will wear soft gray sweatshirts and a bandana over my silver hair....and I will spend my social security checks on wine and my cats and dogs.
I will sit in my house on my well, worn chair and listen to their breathing. I will sneak out in the middle of the night and take my dogs for a run, if my bones will allow. When people come to call, I will smile and nod as I show them my cats and dogs.....and talk of them and about them...the ones so beloved of the past and ones beloved of today.
I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping and feeding them and whispering their names in a soft loving way.
I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel.......and I will be an embarrassment to all, especially my family......who have not yet found the peace in being free to have my pets as my best friends....
These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your football.....and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God.
With warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay I'll hug their big strong necks. I'll kiss their dear sweet heads and whisper in their very special company...
I look in the mirror....and see I am getting old. This is the kind of person I am....and have always been, Loving cats and dogs is easy....they are part of me. Please accept me for who I am. They appreciate my presence in their lives. When I am old this will be important to me. You will understand when you're old.....if you have a dog or cat to love too".
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I will sit in my house on my well, worn chair and listen to their breathing. I will sneak out in the middle of the night and take my dogs for a run, if my bones will allow. When people come to call, I will smile and nod as I show them my cats and dogs.....and talk of them and about them...the ones so beloved of the past and ones beloved of today.
I will still work hard cleaning after them, mopping and feeding them and whispering their names in a soft loving way.
I will wear the gleaming sweat on my throat, like a jewel.......and I will be an embarrassment to all, especially my family......who have not yet found the peace in being free to have my pets as my best friends....
These friends who always wait, at any hour, for your football.....and eagerly jump to their feet out of a sound sleep, to greet you as if you are a God.
With warm eyes full of adoring love and hope that you will always stay I'll hug their big strong necks. I'll kiss their dear sweet heads and whisper in their very special company...
I look in the mirror....and see I am getting old. This is the kind of person I am....and have always been, Loving cats and dogs is easy....they are part of me. Please accept me for who I am. They appreciate my presence in their lives. When I am old this will be important to me. You will understand when you're old.....if you have a dog or cat to love too".
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