Delighting in visits longer than brief moments carved out in elevators...
... running past one another through lobby doors...
or chasing errant cats in stairwells.
Then we stopped. And after an Italian song of love and rest...
... we laughed hard, sharing stories of Rags who won 4th place for most misbehaved in the American Mutt Show...
...could jump six feet straight up...
... twirl 360 degrees because she was going out for a walk...
...and remind us what total joy could look like stuffed in four feet.
What encouragement to go forward with hope.
