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November 04 ChelseaSometimes you don't realize how amazing something is until it's gone.
I always thought of Chelsea as Seth's dog. I mean, she has always technically been my dog too, but mostly because I was the person who fed her, let her out, vacuumed her shedding fur, and bathed her. I'm the mom, after all. It's what I do. When it comes to ownership...the real "she's my dog" feelings...that's Seth's area. He wrestled with her, took her out on walks, threw tennis balls with her, helped her jump into the truck just for the sake of "going for a ride." What I didn't realize through all of that...through all of the "mine," "yours" talk...was that she was with me all day, every single day for 11 years. She was my dog. Not my buddy. She was my companion. When I was alone in the nights with my kids and my husband was out of town for close to two years, she was my protector. My security system. My constant. When I walked in the door and the house was dark and empty, she stood at the door barking her welcome throughout the dark house. When I let Reasa ride around the block for the first time by herself, I allowed it because I knew Chelsea was running immediately behind her back wheel. When Lainie got her own bedroom and it was two floors below my bedroom where I couldn't hear her, I did it because Chelsea had already claimed the foot of her bed as her nighttime sleep place.
To not have her here...
...I haven't quite wrapped my brain around it yet.
 I think it's going to take a while. Comments (2)
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