maddi

Maddi is my dog. She's a small white fluffy thing and she is my very best friend. I love everything about her. The way her fur smells, the way she wakes us up after the alarm goes off with wet kisses to the face, her cute little eyes. She's the best. 

She the first dog that I've ever owned on my own. Now, I've had dogs in the past but I was a kid and although I loved the dog we had, she really became my grandfathers dog. Maddi is the first dog I've owed all grown up. I picked her out, brought her home and cared for her every day since. 

She is more then a dog. She really is a small person. She has these facial expressions that when you really get to know her you can read her face so well it's like she's talking to you. I know you should never think of your pet as a child, but it's so hard sometimes not too. She's goofy, loving, caring and all around a great companion. She's the only thing in my life that greets me at the door as though she's been waiting idly by for every second that I've been gone (which I don't doubt she does). She's so happy to see me that not matter how crappy of a day I've had, I'm instantly smiling . We have this "ritual" when Mark and I get home. Cuddle time. We come home, take off our shoes and me, Mark and Maddi jump on the bed to cuddle. And I mean cuddle! She's right in there, up at our heads, licking, freakin' out because she's soooo happy. Once we've all had our fill we can get on with the rest of the day, but not before cuddle time. I've got to say that it's one of my favorite times of the day. Maddi's also so in tune with our emotions. If I'm crying she's in right there in my face pawing at me to notice her, pet her or let her come lick me. If Mark and are fighting she will get right in the middle of us and bark, tail wagging trying to break it up (which almost always works because when she barks at us fighting it's not a bark, it's a silly yap which always makes me or him smile). At bed time she snuggles right in to bed with us. She'll be up at our heads curled into a ball all tucked in. 

She's really made an impact on my life and this houses life. She is part of the family, and perhaps the most important member. I love her with all my heart.