chance

they were worried he was in heaven.

n~ mom, he didn't even come when we had a steak out.

true, as soon as i fired up the grill, 

chance was right by my side.

no sign of him all summer...

until today.

we were crafting outside and suddenly he was there.

they were estatic.

hugging him.

filling up bowls of water.

finding tennis balls to throw to him.

for the first three summers, 

we didn't know his name.

we called him boy.

he lives at the house at the bottom of our land.

he walks up through the trees.

my theory...

his boys are getting older and not much for playing.

my boys love him as their own.

easiest pet we've ever had.