This sweet, smiley girl…

…is not our dog.

This is Honey, and she belongs to Mark, one of our best and dearest friends. He’s Lucy’s unofficial godfather, and (since I’m an only child) her chosen Uncle on my side.

Mark came to visit this weekend, and Lucy just adores them both. She’d wake up in the morning calling, “Uncle Mark!” She loved playing with Honey, throwing her ball and feeding her French fries. Honey loved Lucy right back, and they got lots of time together. (Merlin did fine, too, after an initial period of grumbling and proving his well-earned, feline dominance.)

There’s certainly been a void in our lives since our own Annie-dog crossed the rainbow bridge last year, and this has me wondering:

Y’all, should we get a dog??