Today is sixteen years since Alfie was born. It\u2019s his birthday in that respect, but he\u2019s not here to celebrate it with us. Mum says that she hopes wherever he is that he is having steak and ice cream with his brother and sisters and his friend Elvis. We\u2019ve got some wonderful pictures of him up in our new house so he\u2019s always remembered and Mum still thinks about him every day. She has the bronze cast of his paw on the windowsill of the bedroom where she sees it every day too. He\u2019d have liked this house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We delayed the muddy walk until today as it was still raining in the afternoon and muddy walks aren\u2019t much good in the dark. Mum can slip over in daylight, so the combination of dark and mud was never going to be a good idea. On the plus side I\u2019m hoping it means that Dad can come too \u2013 although he isn\u2019t very keen on mud. What I really have to remember when he comes is that I mustn\u2019t share my mud with him. He really isn\u2019t like a dog and gets particularly annoyed about sharing on that sort of level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019ve been sent a book to read too. I\u2019ll tell you more about that next week as Mum won\u2019t let me open it until we\u2019ve done our walk. She says that I have to focus on one thing at a time. I just laughed and pointed to her desk. The day she focusses on one thing I\u2019ll put a little flag out. She has so many different piles of paper sitting around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I\u2019m off to raise a toast to Alfie and remember all he meant to me. He was my mentor and my friend and I miss him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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