The events of the past week have convinced me of the following: Toby is hands down, without question the most well-adjusted puppy that God ever created.
Ever!
We’ve made the move from Fairview, Texas to Princeton, Texas.
We had a bit of confusion and consternation earlier in the day over whether the movers actually would be able to deliver on their promise to get us relocated from one dwelling to the other one.
How did Toby react to it? No sweat, Mom and Dad. It’ll happen. Trust me on this.
He occasionally has reacted to our emotional ups and downs. When we lost our two kitties a while back — Socks and Mittens — our puppy stepped up to give us an extra measure of the kind of love only he can deliver.
So, we got through the chaos of the day. We are settled (more or less) into our new home in Princeton. We have a lot of boxes yet to empty and we have some decisions to make on how we intend to arrange our furniture.
Toby the Puppy climbed into bed tonight as he usually does. He curled up under his blanket. He is, at this moment, sound asleep. He doesn’t have a care in the world.
You see, his world revolves around two human beings: My wife and me . . . in that order.
As my wife has reminded me over the years since he joined our family: He loves you, too; he just loves me more.
And so it goes. Toby the Puppy is the model of being well-adjusted. If only I could take a page from his emotional makeup.