My_Dog,_Charlie

Charlie my dog was the greatest and most treasured gift offered to me in my childhood years. The happiness and joy I felt upon his arrival was a moment that matched no other, from where I can still visualise him leaping out of the box and into my welcoming arms. I remember the small puppy with bulging eyes and upright ears who stared at and heard me for the first time, tail wagging as a sign of gratitude for receiving him. Charlie was a pet so energetic and lively in nature as an infant and after so many years as a close and faithful companion still served to inspire me in my life goals. All was well in my relationship with Charlie as he worked to brighten the world around me and as I likewise did for him. He would never leave my side without me telling so and was snever separated from me ever since our beginning terms together. Every member of our family loved Charlie as dearly as I did and essentially completed us by being an important part of our group and being a symbol of hope and joy, without whom we'd be incomplete in every way. He always sat quietly and obediently in his basket whilst I was occupied with homework and other home activities, and attempted his best in assisting mum and dad around the house. Then one evening he disappeared seemingly without a trace. I searched for my best pal in every place possible but he did not reveal himself where I'd expected him to. Charlies's sudden disappearance delivered a shock to those who knew him upon receiving the news. Mum, dad, the locals as well as my friends from school attempted to assist our desperate search for the dog within the town community, but without luck. Posters were put up across every street and board at the town centre in the hope that Charlie would be found and brought back home to where he belonged in return for a good sum of money. Month after month dragged on with time and despite our efforts, Charlie was still no closer to coming within our reach. Over a year and everyone's hope for Charlie's reappearance dispersed and ceased almost completely. It seemed that every possibility was wiped clean before we knew it. As time played against us Charlie was increasingly becoming a forgotten image whose disappearance stole the remaining bits of memory left of him. But it didn't matter as much to anyone else than myself who felt the full impact of the loss. The pain and solitude began to torture me as my emotions took over and invaded the very peace of my sleep. There was nothing to cuddle anymore, to take out for a walk, to comfort me in times of sorrow or to be there whenever I needed him. I dreamt that on cold and stormy nights how the poor dog would suffer out there in the most unfamiliarity of places, perhaps so far from his home, where he belonged, where he belonged and if he was still alive and well. My close ones would often tell me how the old Charlie was in safe hands in another caring household and that there was nothing to worry about for I had had done my best in nurturing him till the day he was lost. I was simply told by my family that it was only Charlie's free will to wander off that day and that he chose his own path for hhis best wishes. But however hard they tried to alleviate my attachments to the dog I could not implant the false imagery of Charlie's fate. There was no accepting it. They want to believe this is how it was but only I knew him best and that my canine buddy would not submit to any othe person besides me. The puchase of a new dog no matter how much it resembled or acted like Charlie would never replace my once loved pal. And so I remained strong in the belief that one day he would find himself back in my residence regardless of how difficult or unlikely the situation was. All I did was hope. Nothing could overpower our sense of belonging to each other. And as certainly as prayed for a box simialr in the pattern to the one I received many years earlier but larger in size sat on my doorstep one morning. As I slowly untied the wraps of the mystery box the answer of what was inside undoubtedly revealed itself as I felt the full force of the familiar and long desired leap of love marking the reunification of long lost partners and our inseparable bonds of belonging.