I was always afraid that "letting go" meant you stopped loving and that "letting in" was pushing all the love you already had out. Why did I feel that letting life flow through you would make you one of the undead? I was afraid of becoming a zombie with a deadly smile ready to eat other people's brains just to get a peek at life. Yesterday I walked endlessly through DC, and with every step I took I felt all the steps I had already taken. Walking with Darshan, I felt Tyche walking with us. Darshan run down a path digging her nose into grass and rocks, Tyche was right next to her. Tyche jumped up a fallen tree trunk, Darshan jumped right after her, and they both lapped water side by side. Everything about our 30,000 step walk reminded me of how different Tyche and Darshan are.
We started at the Bishop's garden at 5:30 in the morning (Darshan needed out badly). Puppy still, has yet to learn "we do not pee inside," in her DC home; granted her 24 hour trip from Buenos Aires to Newark might have left her a bit more confused than I realized. Tyche had the benefit of starting house training earlier and, princess that she was, she had her own little bathroom in my Buenos Aires apartment balcony, so there is that big difference! To boot, Tyche viajó en vuelo directo (uno que lamentablemente ya no existe:(! A Tyche jamás le interesaron otros perros, Darshan se desvive por jugar con cualquier perro que se le acerca amistosamente. Corre en círculos buscando que la sigan y cuando no lo logra empuja a perros más grandes que ella con la nariz para que la noten. Es tan lindo verla correr. Tyche corría pero no en círculos. Cada vez que veo a Darshan hacer algo que Tyche había hecho mil veces antes ó hacer algo que Tyche nunca hizo, no me siento triste. I felt no sadness, that was odd! Sadness is gone as I understood they were both walking side-by-side!
In the picture at the Bishop´s garden, Darshan seems illuminated by some heavenly rays, I choose to believe that is Tyche accepting another dog in our life, she that was so possessive and yet she taught me how to let go and make space for more love.
We started at the Bishop's garden at 5:30 in the morning (Darshan needed out badly). Puppy still, has yet to learn "we do not pee inside," in her DC home; granted her 24 hour trip from Buenos Aires to Newark might have left her a bit more confused than I realized. Tyche had the benefit of starting house training earlier and, princess that she was, she had her own little bathroom in my Buenos Aires apartment balcony, so there is that big difference! To boot, Tyche viajó en vuelo directo (uno que lamentablemente ya no existe:(! A Tyche jamás le interesaron otros perros, Darshan se desvive por jugar con cualquier perro que se le acerca amistosamente. Corre en círculos buscando que la sigan y cuando no lo logra empuja a perros más grandes que ella con la nariz para que la noten. Es tan lindo verla correr. Tyche corría pero no en círculos. Cada vez que veo a Darshan hacer algo que Tyche había hecho mil veces antes ó hacer algo que Tyche nunca hizo, no me siento triste. I felt no sadness, that was odd! Sadness is gone as I understood they were both walking side-by-side!
In the picture at the Bishop´s garden, Darshan seems illuminated by some heavenly rays, I choose to believe that is Tyche accepting another dog in our life, she that was so possessive and yet she taught me how to let go and make space for more love.
