31 March

Crazy Gracie

You get that look

When anyone tries to brush you

Like it's an invitation

To play

To wiggle

To BE a silly girl

One you ALWAYS

Accept

Laughing

30 March

You always say YES!!!

To playing

To an adventure

To new people

And especially

To JOYfulness.

29 March

Certainty

Determination

Knowing yourself

Trusting Life

These are 4 things

About YOU

Gracie Girl

That are so Very True

28 March

Mamacita

Sister Mary Gracie Mae

Babooshka

Spelling doesn't count

I just laugh

Out loud

All by myself

When I see this photo of you

That Christmas afternoon

When the parking lot

BEcame a lake

The perfect gift

Just

For

YOU!!!

27 March

Happy Gracie~Day

You are often thoughty like here

When you were such a little YOU

And while I DO wonder sometimes

WHAT it is that you're thinking about

Mostly I just enJOY YOU

And realise my extraordinary good fortune

To have YOU in my Life...

26 March

I feel bad

For anyone just SEEing this

BEcause you really DO

Have a giggle

A laugh

And oh such a sweet sweet smile.

25 March

I make friends easily

Quickly

Without a lot of bother or deliberation

Everyone starts at wonderful

With me.

24 March

You loved that bear

I'm sorry we left it BEhind

But you know,

You've BEfriended other bears

A groundhog

A lizard 

and 

More people

Than we EVER could have imagined.

You are a good friend.

[which I should know since you are my very best one]

23 March

You can BE

Oh SO Serimous

Sometimes

And then

In a blink

You are silly again

Like a faucet

Love that about you

Love YOU about that!

22 March

I remember 

When...

There was enough room

In here

For you to "filet-of-Grace"

And have room

For the full sweep of your tail...

21 March

This photo

Moreso since I fiddled with it

Shows one of your faces

Rarely seen

You WERE happy though

Just BEing a dog

Off your leash

On the double soccer field

Back in Arizonie...

20 March

Your friendship

Like a moonbeam

Shines

Blesses

&

DeLIGHTs

All on whom you turn it

19 March

This is one smile

One you reserve for

Very Special

People

Occasions

& 

Moments

And this one

Was for Hansi

Who came over to play

That day

And boy did you enJOY him!!!

18 March

I love that face

That Grace face

The wide smile

The sense of JOY

You

Always

Have

At the ready

17 March

Sleepy Girl

Whatever happened to that blankie?!

You look just like this

Just older

Wiser

And dearer to me

Right Now

This Morning

16 March

I'll never forget you

This day

Your first time

At the ocean

This the Pacific

And your

Unwavering 

JOY

DELIGHT

&

AMAZEMENT

15 March

This is a view of you I miss

You on your way

To your ocean

To run

To play

&

If my imagination has it right

To sing with every wave.

14 March

Braveheart

This is what I called you

When your face was covered

In the delicious muddy

Of  Dry Creek's

Un-dryness.

13 March

You still have this face

This look

This intensity

And in it 

Your sweet heart

12 March

It is fun

Playing with your photos

Finding ways

To fiddle with them

To show YOU

And your days

In curious deLightedness...

11 March

Back when you were small

BEfore I knew who you would BEcome

I saw your serious side

Your strange protective instinct

The way you watched out

Listened

And sensed things.

Yes, it and YOU made me laugh

Often

And the other thing is...

You made me feel safe

Loved

Cherished...

10 March

Oh you loved LOVED that muddy Dry Creek week

Wild Adventures & Sheer Delight

9 March

I love that face

I've always loved that face

Who couldn't love that face

The fabulous face of Grace?!

8 March

You were so brave this day

Finding your Courage

GUTS, really

To climb the rocks

Even if it was only in the backyard

On our little red rock waterfall...

7 March

It may BE crazy

Kook~a~Looney Tunes

But I swear

I hear you

Loud

Clear

&

Infinitely wise

6 March

I am so glad

For this

And a couple of other

Recent photos of you, Gracie girl...

Having the camera

Die so suddenly

I missed several exquisite

Grace Moments...

5 March

Oh that face

It STILL makes me

LAUGH

When I think that I NEED TO BE

Serious

With YOU!!

4 March

I remember exactly this moment

My good fortune at catching it

That inimitable Gracie grin

Spelling out clearly

The real meaning of

JOY

3 March

mostly

almost always

you 

are busy

happy

outgoing yet

sometimes

like this

time

you are

simply

quiet and 

contemplating

2 March

Your determination

Persistence 

Focus

These are all things you came with

Things you continue

Practising

Daily

In the things that matter most

To you

1 March

It's fun

REALLY

REALLY

Fun

BEing

A dog

Just

A

Dog

Even though

And all the while

I love BEing

A

Working

Dog.