Tallulah Here...

Tallulah here. 

What? You don't think a puppy can write a blog? Well, I can. My role model, Peggy, wrote a book. So I figure I can write a blog. 

I've lived with Holly since March. She got me right before Pennsylvania locked down. But my story starts before that. It starts with Peggy. 

Everything But a Dog

You see, Holly went to Philadelphia to spend a week with her two Philly minions. She'd been so sad because she'd lost her best friend, Ella. She'd lost Ethel Merman before that, and she and Ella did everything together. She even wrote a book about Ethel and Ella. (She changed their names because she didn't want the...wait for it...PUParazzi to Hound them.) When Ella passed, she told herself she wasn't going to get a new dog. She thought of reasons why NOT having a dog was a good thing. She could travel and not worry about a dog. She didn't have to clean up after the dog in the yard. And Ella never really enjoyed camp and Holly loved it, so she could go out to camp and not feel bad that Ella wasn't enjoying it.

Peggy and Me

So there she was, heading to Philly. She brought Peggy and Me on tape...well, DVDs (yes, I know the difference). Yep, that's my role model Peggy and her human, Miranda Hart. They wrote the book together. And as Holly listened to the book, she realized how much she missed Ethel and Ella. She'd spent her winter on crutches and now that she could walk again, it was lonely walking by herself. 

So when she got home, she told Himself she might be ready for a new dog. And by the end of the month, they went to pick me up. The people brought out my two brothers and two sisters, but I knew Holly was mine and I didn't want her to pick one of them by mistake. So I sat on her foot. If she took a step to see the others, I followed her and sat on her foot. I wanted to be clear about who she belonged to. (People sometimes miss the obvious.) Yes, it was puppy love at first sight.

Quarantine

And in the end, she was smart enough to get my message. They took me home. And I have been an amazing dog, if I do say so myself. Here it is, just three months later and I've gone from 12 lbs to 40+ lbs. I am house-trained (mainly) and walk very nice (except when a car or robin goes by...I mean even the best puppy has her limits).  I have slept through the night since my first night at home. Frankly, Holly gets up WAY too early for me. I usually follow her, but after she makes me go outside (see the mainly house-trained part, which is technically outside-trained), I take my pre-breakfast nap.  I love the minions...the youngest one here in town is very tasty. Hey, I don't really taste too much. And he lets me—encourages me even. Holly doesn't. She's pretty strict about not eating minions. SIGH. I've tried and tried to train her to ignore my tiny little tasting of minions but she doesn't seem to understand so I might have to give it up that fight.

Oh, and I love camp!

Yes, I've found my home and while Holly still misses Ethel and Ella, she's happy I'm here. I can still smell traces of them in the house, and even though I never met them, I sort of miss them, too. 

Holly writes romances for a living. She wrote a short story starring me...and two humans who might be falling in love. She's said over and over again that hearts are amazing things. Every time you think they're as full as they can be, you find there's still room. She thought she wasn't going to get a new dog because her heart seemed full after Ethel and Ella and she wasn't sure she could find more room in it for a new dog.  Yet she found space in her heart for me.  Her new book, Homecoming, is a book about hearts that break and then discover they can heal and find room to love again. I like that.

So, that's my story. I've found my forever home and Holly's found...me. I keep Holly and Himself busy. I make them laugh. And I have entertained the minions during the pandemic...that's a big job. So thanks to Miranda and Peggy for making Holly realize I was out there waiting for her.

Love,

Tallulah

PS Check out my story and Holly's Hometown Hearts series.

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