{"id":132,"date":"2009-04-22T10:55:15","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:55:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/dogblog\/?p=132"},"modified":"2009-04-22T10:55:15","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T14:55:15","slug":"love-letter-scout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/love-letter-scout\/","title":{"rendered":"Love Letter to Scout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/scoutbw1.jpg\" alt=\"scoutbw\" title=\"scoutbw\" width=\"525\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/scoutbw1.jpg 525w, https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/scoutbw1-286x300.jpg 286w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nHello.<br \/>\nI&#8217;m A-Dog and I wanted to be the guest blogger today to express how great Scout makes me feel.  Below is my love letter to her&#8230;<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nDear Scout,<br \/>\nYou and I have spent a lot of time together these past several months, now that I work from home.  I have enjoyed almost all our time together and you, my dear dog, make me laugh more than any other being on the planet.  I laugh at your goofy play and when you speak to me in your &#8220;roof, roof, roof&#8221; language.  I laugh at your sleeping positions. I smile when you tilt your head and perk up your ears or when you just move your eyes and the little bumps over them make your face so expressive.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nDog smiles are so pure, and Scout, you smile when it&#8217;s our time to play or walk or go for a swim.  I may grumble about it beforehand with all the pressures we humans heap on ourselves, but I never regret the time spent giving you what you need.  And it takes so little to make you happy and satisfied.  Belly rubs, ear rubs, really any kind of rub is met with appreciation and you always snuggle up when I need a little love.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nYou&#8217;re most special gift is always being happy to see me.  Happy doesn&#8217;t cover the sheer exuberance your whole body displays at seeing me after a short time apart.  This is when you talk to me the most.  You pick up a toy from your basket and walk around, talking with it in your mouth, circling back to me again and again.  You crave my love and I am so honored to give it to you.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nFrom puppyhood, where your backend always seemed to be running ahead of your front end&#8230;to now, with the grey hair on your chin, I appreciate your goodness of heart and your solid furry brown-ness.  I hope you&#8217;re with me and our family for a long time to come.<br \/>\n<P><br \/>\nYou&#8217;re my girl, Scout \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/love-letter-scout\/\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello. I&#8217;m A-Dog and I wanted to be the guest blogger today to express how great Scout makes me feel. Below is my love letter to her&#8230; Dear Scout, You and I have spent a lot of time together these past several months, now that I work from home. I have enjoyed almost all our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1331825;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43,226,233],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cynthomas.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}