There was a gleam in your eye when you saw your favorite obstacle. Maybe it was the tunnel, or one of the contacts or something else. As you went for it, I watched, calling your name as the "Q" or title we had come to earn slipped away.

It was okay. They'll be other trials, other chances I thought. Your smiling tail and happy ears are more important to me than ribbons and certificates.

Now the next times are no longer. But your face is always before me. Others may come and need me, but the love in your eyes when you looked at me will stay with me forever.

Anonymous