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Calm on the surface, paddling wildy underneath.

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Written by R. M. Drake

Dog People

"You're needed. You're important. You're enough ❤️
A few months after my dog died, one of my best friends asked me, "What was the best thing about loving your dog?" I lit a cigarette I didn't plan to finish and stared at the leash still hanging by the door. "It's how they make you feel alive," I said. Not in the dramatic, overblown way people like to talk about. No fireworks, no revelations. Just the small things. The sound of their paws trailing behind you, the way they press into your side when the world feels like too much. They don't ask for too much. They don't complain or hurt you in the ways people do. They just show up, every damn day, and remind you that even in the chaos of it all, you're needed. You're important. You're enough. And when they're gone, that's when you really get it. The house feels too big. The air feels too still. But you wouldn't trade it. Not a second of it. Because for a while, they gave you something you didn't even know you were looking for a reason to stay grounded. To keep going. To keep searching for more. That's the best thing. They make the world bearable in the little time you share together. They make everything feel... a little less cold. And I'm still grateful for that.
November 24, 2024 at 3:24 AM
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This blooms reliably every year, even though she's at least 40 years old ❤️
#thanksgivingcactus
Large, green thanksgiving cactus with pink blooms on some of its stalks. Close up of the blooms. They are star shaped, extending out to a yellow pistol capped with a pink tip.
November 21, 2024 at 3:01 AM
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Welcome ❤️
Large, fluffy, orange kitty, sitting on a grey blanket, reaching his paw out to shake hands. His name is Butters and he's very polite.
November 18, 2024 at 9:42 PM
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I have unknowingly been using this tag for my bulldog who is not conventionally a pretty guy but whom I love with my whole heart. Having been to Alaska I know his short hair, spoiled self would not thrive there 🤣
What a great cause!
I'll find a new tag as to not dilute the mission ❤️
Gus, a large brindle bulldog. He is sitting down, looking awkwardly into the camera while showing off his new blue and white puffy coat. He requires it for rainy days or he shivers.
November 18, 2024 at 6:28 PM
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@johnroedel.bsky.social is here, and he is a fantastic writer. You're definitely going to want to follow him ❤️
Hope doesn't ask us for much except to just keep the door unlocked. -john roedel
November 18, 2024 at 9:39 AM
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Written by Caitlin Seida, one of my favorites.
Hope Is Not a Bird, Emily, It’s a Sewer Rat by Caitlin Seida Hope is not the thing with feathers That comes home to roost When you need it most. Hope is an ugly thing With teeth and claws and Patchy fur that’s seen some shit. It’s what thrives in the discards And survives in the ugliest parts of our world, Able to find a way to go on When nothing else can even find a way in. It’s the gritty, nasty little carrier of such diseases as optimism, persistence, Perseverance and joy, Transmissible as it drags its tail across your path and bites you in the ass. Hope is not some delicate, beautiful bird, Emily. It’s a lowly little sewer rat That snorts pesticides like they were Lines of coke and still Shows up on time to work the next day Looking no worse for wear.
November 18, 2024 at 5:10 AM
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Meet Butters. He's turning 13 on Christmas Eve. This guy has been with me since he was 6 weeks old. He sits, high fives, rolls over, and comes when you call his name. What he can't do is butt wiggle or catch mice. Orange #cats are always unusual but lovely ❤️
Large, fluffy, soft orange colored cat with a white chest and chin. He's looking intently just past the camera with his green eyes. He's perched like a gargoyle on the very corner of a table.
November 18, 2024 at 2:42 AM
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Gus takes the #uglydogs title seriously 🤣
Brindle bulldog, laying down, looking awkwardly into the camera with a few of his lower teeth sticking out. He is somehow the ugliest and most lovely dog on the planet.
November 17, 2024 at 7:38 AM
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Meet Gerty, she just turned 13. Gerty was abandoned in a parking lot a year ago, too fat to move and terrified. She went through extensive rehab, had her teeth fixed, and made her way to my home to have a safe and happy retirement.
Old #cats make the best snuggle buddies.
A delightfully chubby grey cat, with a white chest and mustache. Wearing a rainbow brimmed birthday hat. She looks grumpy, but I assure you she's purring and happy.
November 17, 2024 at 7:24 AM
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I support this idea ❤️
November 14, 2024 at 6:35 AM
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Obligatory first post picture. It's Gus, always Gus. This big #uglydogs has stolen my whole heart
Picture shows a brindle bulldog holding an orange ball in his paws.
November 14, 2024 at 2:09 AM