I Missed This Pup

I am back home from my back-to-back workshops: the church women's retreat and the quilt seminar, and I can tell you, I missed Emme (as well as Ken and Rudy, of course). Last year I went to both events in October and I missed Emme then. Last year, I left only a few weeks after we had gotten Emme and although I already loved this little puppy, she was not as big a part of my life as she is now, a year later. Last year I missed her. This year I MISSED HER.

Ken says that Emme missed me as well. Each morning when he got her out of her crate, she would run to the side of the bed to find me. When she found that I was not there, she would run in and out of each room in the house as though she was looking for me. She certainly knew that there was a major change in our family composition for the week and someone important to her was not there.

Ken did just fine with the two dogs. They were loved and fed and played with as well as if we both were here. I know that it is a lot of work for one person to do and he was able to get everything done. Today I am unpacking, doing laundry, re-organizing my sewing room, going grocery shopping and loving a little white puppy. Being gone a week was a long time for all of us but we all survived just fine.