This is for you, Zoey

I am going a little off topic tonight. For those of you who know me, Zoey, my sweet dog that I have had for almost 14 years, was what I would consider my "first child". She passed away tonight.
I officially became Zoey's "person" when I went to the SPCA looking for a dog. There were many dogs to choose from but this dog was sitting by herself in a little kennel with her head cocked to one side. It was almost as if she was waiting for me to pick her up. From then on out, it was love. She would sit on my shoes in the morning in the hopes that this would prevent me from going anywhere. Whenever I was packing a suitcase, she would sit in it while I was packing. She would sometime sit on my feet so, if I decided to leave, she would be the first to know about it. Whenever I would go out of site for two minutes to use the bathroom or something, she would greet me when I was done like I was gone forever. She would be the baromenttor by which I would measure all of my dates. If they didn't like her, they were out of there! If she didn't like them.....well, who am I kidding. She loved everyone! My husband(at that time, my boyfriend) told her he loved her before he ever said it to me. When I brought Bunny home from the hospital, I started calling her "big sister" and so one of Bunny's first words was, "Sista". So, somehow, because of that, she was called "Sista" by all of the kids more than she was called Zoey. She was our family. We loved her and we will miss her tremendously.
IN MEMORY OF ZOEY MARIE HOGAN ROOF OCTOBER 1994-JULY 2008