Jack & the Bird

Jack chased his first bird today. A robin.

I know this isn't a big deal. I know dogs chase birds all the time. What I don't know--or what I didn't know until today--is just how gloriously happy running for a dozen steps or so could make a dog. Jack ran and as soon as he got close enough for the bird to notice, the bird flew away. Jack ran back to me and he was positively *vibrating* with joy. Looking at him, I knew that I have never in my life felt as happy, as perfectly in my place in the world, as Jack was at that moment.

So I let him chase another bird. Then I took him back to his "crate" and I drove back to my cubicle.