Woolie & Me

Woolie was my one n only pet and the best in the whole world.of whatever i remember,my first memories of him were those of him jumping onto us when we entered our main gate.i must've been too young to appreciate his jumpy demeanor so i used to get a lil scared when he used to do tht.barely able to walk i still used to strut around him n get followed everywhere by him in turn.i'm told he was stupid but loved me like hell.i was abt 6when he passed away.and how it stopped my world.i dont remember myself being much of a dog lover but i was always surrounded by dogs or people who owned dogs or in general loved dogs..cheeku,litchi,plum,kaju,buffy,rocky,ducky,charlie,tango,liza,chini,ozzy,simba,zorro,tommy aka sheru,roney,jerry,stephie are only a chosen few! Associations galore.. they are beyond doubt a part of the family.. at times more than that.. and some times.. all that there is to call family.

The reason i'm writing abt them today is because marley made me!marley from marley&me.yes,he made me miss my woolie n d fact tht i hardly got to spend anytime with him.i remember when he fell sick,he used to be taken to the hospital for check ups n stuff i always knew tht he was like me.like a child goin to d doc only to get better.fit as a fiddle.lil did i know tht woolie was getting old and it was becoming harder for him to fight.the day when i went to see woolie in the hospital is imprinted in my memory forever..probably the last time that i saw him..he was in the corner most ward of the veterinary hospital n was lookin so peaceful but tired in my mom's lap.she was pettin him n trying to feed him.i remember he came to me when i called him n i'm sure he managed a smile for me.i was way too young to realise tht he wouldn't be able to get better.way too lil too realise tht,that would be the last day when i'd be seeing my woolie.

Everybody in my house had had pets n knew the pain when they lost them.they had to put woolie to rest n when they told me he was never comin back,i was shattered like everyone else in the house.the kid who jus couldn't figure out how one could never return from a hospital i made my mother's life miserable by blaming her for giving him the injection tht killed him.i couldn't stop crying n missing him.days turned into months n months into years.
We never had a pet after him,it was too much of a hassle with me n my brother growing up.everyone had their hands full n couldn't take up d additional responsibility of a pet.but the truth,that i now see is that nobody could take his place.he was truly the one and only.atleast for me he was.and today i feel so bad,so so bad that i dont remember each n every tiny detail abt him,tht i was such a kid when i was with him.
I miss him.and it feels awful to not remember everything abt him.but one thing which was established beyond doubt for me was that,that woolie was family.

Woolie welcomed me home when i first came home,we both got scared when he saw a baby for the first time n i saw a dog for the first time when we saw each other,he looked out for me,guarded me n was most possessive abt me.today i miss seeing him around n regret not getting more time to spend with him.it makes me think of all those dogs tht have in some way touched my life.i just hope wherever they are,they're kicking it n living it up.
He will always be my one n only.my woolie.
For how much so ever time they might stay with you,they do become ur lifeline.

So i'm sure ure lookin at me Woolie from somewhere up there,wagging ur tail and still lookin out for me.you were n always will be family.this one's for all those pets who remind me of you n make me miss you even more.this one's for woolie.only for you.