Well – if all goes well this weekend Daphne will have found her final home. Instead of two foster brothers and a foster sister she will have three sisters of her very own.

I am watching her very closely. I want to remember the details. Her funky mannerisms. The soft delicate kisses. And the incessant manner in which she scoops my hand up off of the mouse when I am sitting at the computer for too long.

I am going to miss waking up in the morning with her face right next to mine. And when I open my eyes first thing her eyes open too, then she wags her tail and snuggles closer.

I am going to miss her deviousness when she doesn’t want to come into the house. Even though I wanted to ring her neck many times at 3:30 in the morning!

Sometimes – she hallucinates. I will miss that too. Even though I do not know what it is that she is seeing it is usually worthy of quite a fuss and intense focus. Come to think of it Debbie will do the same thing and so did Bug! Hmmmm Anyone else have a pittie that reacts to what is not there? That you can see anyway…

I will also miss the way Daphne has slowed down when eating. She thoroughly enjoys her meals now. And she will pause, lick her lips, look at me and dig back in. Sometimes her eyes water it is so enjoyable.

She sits so nice and patient for her treats.

She has figured out that yes Chi will play if she is gentle, Debbie will run around the yard but doesn’t really care to wrestle and Ike pretty much likes to be left alone.

Oh I will miss my Punk Rock Daphne.

But I know good things await her.

Daphne’s soon to be sister Cleo

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