the Ham

This is not easy to do, having to say good-bye to your best friend.  Ham was just that and will be missed terribly.  I brought her home from Mexico 14 years ago - she was a starving street pup that needed a little help.  We ended up being pals for the last fourteen years.  People talk about unconditional love, but I never knew it or felt it until the Ham came into my life.  More so the older she grew and the more medical problems she had.  I had thought it was the dog that gave unconditional love to their owner, but I found, with Ham, it works both ways – there was nothing I would not do for her and I loved her for exactly who she was, as she was.  It was a pleasure without effort.  And she taught me so much about being and loving by just being who she was.  After 14 years we could understand each other by a look or a movement and I found the most profound happiness in seeing Ham happy, either having her favorite snack, smelling the air for the latest updates or taking a nap in the cool shade when we were at work on the ranch.  Nothing can describe our connection and I can only hope she felt it too.  Love the Ham!