Lost Puppy

While driving to work a few weeks ago I found a puppy wandering on the side of the road, and after making a few inquiries with some people close by I soon realized that I had a new puppy to go along with the four dogs we already had. I quickly took her home, gave her some water and made my way to the office. Throughout the day my Babe and I had discussions on what to do with our newly found puppy. The one constant was that there was no way we could deal with five dogs; did I mention we also have a cat? Obviously we wanted to find and return the puppy to its rightful owner, although my daughters had already named her. That evening we printed and posted her picture and our contact information allaround the neighborhood. The days progressed and the lack of calls prompted us to believe that this poor puppy, Chloe, was abandoned. We agreed that the following week we would put an ad in the local paper offering a free puppy to a good home.

That Saturday while attended a college football game with a few friends…Go Canes, we told the story of our Chloe and one couple whom we rarely see or hang out with at all, or better yet ½ of that couple, fell in love with Chloe after simply glancing at her picture. The husband was adamantly against taking Chloe, but the wife assured us that it would happen. Sunday evening Chloe was picked up from our house and secretly taken to her new home. It’s been more than a week now and from all accounts Chloe and her new found family are happy…yes the husband loves her too.

Love usually comes slowly. It usually begins with meeting someone, getting to know each other, wasting days at work when you can’t stop thinking of them, wanting more together time, waiting for the other person to hang up first, and if Mars aligns with Venus, marriage. However, sometimes it’s where you never thought to look, like car keys in a Cheeto’s bag (True Story). Or better yet, sometimes it comes out of nowhere hitting you all at once with a stranger, a long lost friend, anyone, or like me a former love that you thought would never speak to you again…You just know that regardless of the rules that you’ve found it and nothing else makes sense. It’s when you realize that you never fell in love before; you just previously stepped in a few times. As I always preach, “Love finds you, don’t go looking for it, never settle, never push”; correction one shouldn’t have to push. Live your life. You may think you’re a lost puppy just wandering about. But when its right you’ll understand that you were never abandoned, you were never wandering, you were never the fifth dog; you were just succumbing to the laws of nature, going through the dog days to get where your heart is home. Then unexpectedly at the lowest time, when all hope is gone, out of nowhere, just with a simple glance your forever is written.

There are no lost puppies only hearts waiting for their simple glance, chance meeting, their call from
home.