This is Peanut Butter Brickle. We left the farm yesterday and said our last goodbyes to all our cousins.
Family is family. You don’t have to be related to feel related.
Before we started our long drive to Panama City, Florida place, we stopped to tell my aunt Veronica bye. Another family member in my heart.
She used to have me and Digby for sleepovers.
She would make us good food. And we loved her very much. It was hard to say goodbye.
But as we got back in the car, I knew we were headed to a new place. A new destination. Oh, this traveling dog was traveling again. And that felt good.
I started having a lot of muddy feelings. Feelings that were sad. But other feelings that were happy. And they both intermingled. Like muddy water.
So a little over half way to our new destination, we stopped to take a break. Somewhere to get some treats and presents. And stretch our paws.
Me and Fruitycake got to pick out our own gifts!
Fruitycake got an alligator.
And I got a rabbit!
Our presents made us forget the goodbyes. And I got to say hello to my happy place. The beach. Oh. Sand in my paws felt wonderful.
I felt guilty in some ways for being happy when there were sad parts of the day too. But I shouldn’t have felt guilty. Because life is full of muddy feelings.
Maybe you’ve lost someone close to you and feel bad for enjoying parts of life without them. They wouldn’t want you to feel that way. They would want you to remember them and be happy at the same time.
The muddy days are inevitable in life. But all of us deserve to be happy more than sad. So get out there and look for the sand under your paws.
It feels good.
–Peanut Butter Brickle
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