Your small white body wrapped around a huge heart, beating with a distinctive murmur, brings joy now just as it did when I first saw your puppy face. A surprise gift for my mother from me in 1999, independently we both picked you out of the litter. You had presence then—you have even more now. Here’s a few of the million things that I love about you.
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Unifier of the fifty states. Wise and willing, humble and hilarious.
Dolly Parton’s dream / of what this country can be / ours to make come true