Puppy Love....

Me and my two best girls

Honey and Lea

Who keep me going when I think I can't go on

Who greet me as though they haven't seen me in years every time I walk in to the kitchen 

Who sit by side 

Lie at my feet

Walk with me every morning

Who are never more than a few feet from my side 

I'm telling you 

Dogs are the best medicine I've ever had

Better than any drug

Any anti depressant

Any upper or downer

And sedative

Or sleeping tablet

If you want to improve your health

Physical and mental

Get a dog 

Or a cat 

Or a ferret

Or a hamster 

Something that you have to look after apart from yourself 

I promise you

What you give 

You will get back one hundred fold

They say in recovery 

That in order to understand responsibility

You should first get a plant

Keep it for a year 

And if that is successful

Get a dog

If that works out

You are then ready for a relationship

I can't begin to tell you how having two dogs has helped me 

They take me out of myself 

They remind me to keep life simple

To value what matters 

To be kind 

And loyal

Do you remember 18 months ago

When I went in to treatment for the umpteenth time 

My poor Lea fell in to a depression

And her fur began to fall out 

It continued until she had a huge bald patch on her back 

It wasn't until I came home

And began to recover myself

That Lea began to recover too

I find that utterly amazing 

That my illness effected her so much 

And manifested in a physical way

So yes 

My two buddies

My best friends 

My constant companions 

Ever by my side

I can only hope they live for another few years

As I would be truly lost without them