The Witchy Bitches on Nostr: I had just finished a breathing treatment and was sitting on the side of the bed, ...

I had just finished a breathing treatment and was sitting on the side of the bed, gathering the fortitude to stand up and attempt to move through the universe under my own power, when Baloo stood up on the bed, and walked behind me to rest her chin on my shoulder and press her cheek against mine. She stood still, leaning into me with all 110 lbs of her brown self while I put my arms around her. I can't remember the first time she ever initiated this but today it hit me that she was doing it. When we met her at the shelter about 15 months ago it was very obvious that human or canine snuggling was not something she'd ever experienced and that getting too close to people for too long usually didn't end up being good for her. She would let you touch her, but you had to be very calm and quiet and slow. And 15 months later she deliberately will come to me to request snuggles. Every night she is snuggled up against me, or phoenix or Callisto while she sleeps. Last night i think she was snuggling with all of us at once making herself the giant brown filling of a great snuggle sandwich. So I'm not even sure why I'm writing this, but it brought me joy, and i know sometimes joy can be thin on the ground so i hope it brings you joy too. And comfort that even if it's just for one big brown dog somewhere in the world life has gotten better and she has found a family who loves her.