An Angel Comes to Our Home!

The other day, my wife suddenly brought something up.

Come to think of it, it was 12 years ago.
When we got our previous dog, Cookie, who passed away six months ago, she also brought it up suddenly.

At that time,
“Isn't it a lot of work to walk and take care of a dog?”
I tried to put up some futile resistance, but for my wife and daughter, “getting a dog” was already a decided matter.

I don't have the power to overturn this (laughs).

I didn't dislike dogs to begin with, but keeping a living creature also means
being there to see them through to the end.
That is what it means.

This is painful.

That's why I was against it.

But, after seeing our previous dog, Cookie, through to the end, I understood.

That seeing someone through to their death is a way of questioning what it means to live.

Death sometimes comes suddenly.

So that I am ready whenever that day comes, am I living this moment to the fullest without regrets?

Thinking about it that way, I cannot waste a single moment with Luna, who is with us now.

Not just with Luna, but with anyone, there is no wasted time that can be put off until later.

Therefore, I have started to do what I set my mind to as soon as possible, following my heart, so that I have no regrets.

Come to think of it, the decision to get Luna was also sudden. (It's always sudden. I mean, she steadily makes preparations, and when she asks me at the final stage, I can't say no, right? Haha)

“It seems like puppies were born at the breeder's in the neighborhood. I think Cookie is lonely being by himself too.”
With that one remark, Luna came to our home.
My wife loves taking care of living creatures. (We have kept budgies, a tortoise (because our daughter wanted one), and goldfish. According to my mother-in-law, she has been a child who loves taking care of living creatures since she was small.)

After our previous dog, Cookie, passed away, Luna stopped eating for a while.

Although I cannot put it into words, her disappointment was beyond imagination.

And she began to depend on my wife and me more than ever before.

My wife tried to soothe Luna's loneliness by buying her stuffed animals and toys that she thought Luna would enjoy.

I want to get another dog!

I wondered if the day would come when my wife would say that.

I had secretly thought about it, but I never expected it to be now!?

When I was watching soccer videos on YouTube, I saw my wife beckoning me, so I took off my earphones.

Hey, what do you think?
A sudden proposal. (Or rather, a notification. I muttered to myself, 'What do you mean what do I think? It's already a decided matter for you, isn't it?' haha)

Once she said that,
there was no room for any answer other than YES (haha).

Just to be safe, I decided to ask Luna, just to add a little buffer.

I asked, 'What do you think, Luna?'

Then, Luna wagged her tail excessively. When I asked, 'Do you want a little sister?', she got even more excited, so I said, 'You want a little sister? Then, shall we ask Mom?' and had Luna back up my YES answer. (Of course, she couldn't have understood the content. She just seemed to know that I was asking her something, and she was happy about that and reacting to it.)

In the end, using Luna as an excuse,
I replied, 'Okay.'

Actually, I didn't have any reason to oppose it anyway.

While I was excited to think about seeing them walking together and playing with each other, the thought of the 'final farewell' that would eventually come crossed my mind for a moment.

But as long as we are healthy, there is a sense of gratitude in having someone to take care of like this, and perhaps having a dog keeps our spirits up and makes our home brighter.

If that's the case, it's no exaggeration to say that our family's well-being is maintained thanks to our dog.

Furthermore, with a puppy joining us, our home will surely become even livelier.

Both our eldest son and eldest daughter have left home for university, and our eldest son will start working in April.

If I imagine what it would be like if we didn't have a dog, it makes me shudder to think how much less conversation we would have had. (haha)

Children are the bond that holds a marriage together.

That is what they say, but pets are family too.

To us, our dogs are our precious daughters, so dear that we could never love them enough.

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