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Dog Spelled Backward

The Kind of Love… That Doesn’t Last… But Never Leaves…💥

by Loia 🏳

Pets are great.. I love them.. They’ve been a part of me—a part of my family—throughout my whole life…💥

I’m more of a dog person.. but I grew up in a house full of cats.. I mean.. like many—ten plus… easily… My mother loves cats.. more than should probably be allowed..

Over the years.. I’ve loved… and lost—deeply… and often… because of pets.. That’s the thing about them.. you’re most likely going to outlive them… You can’t escape the grief.. It’s part of the price.. But the lessons they teach… and the joy they bring… make worth it every time…

Take the dog.. for instance… It’s the closest thing to God’s love we have—man’s best friend… loving us 💥 unconditionally… “Dog” spelled backward is “God,”… and I don’t think that’s a coincidence… They were made this way on purpose—to help us see…

I’ve buried more than a few… It never gets easy… After the last funeral… I decided not to own another… But I’ve had some wonderful ones… Buck… Maggie…Beavis…  and the last one… Eve…`-,;………….<~†~>’,

She was special… Named her so.. because I found her in the middle of the road… late into a cold Christmas Eve night… she was shivering and starving….. eating roadkill to survive… I almost ran over her with my car… she was just a tiny little puppy… a bright blip on the dark road… I stopped… I rescued her… then she rescued me… She was beautiful… and white… a red-nose pit bull mix—friendly… loving… and smart…

I had her trained on hand commands… I didn’t need to use words—just eye contact and motioning… She obeyed because she loved me… and she wanted to please me… We had a silent language… like ellipses and em dashes… like rests in music… We spoke through hands… eyes… and heart…💥

Funny thing is.. that’s something I still do today—with people… not pets…
Makes me wonder sometimes… which is the real animal?

Now.. let’s jump from canine to feline… Freaking cats..man—they haunt me in dreams! I grew up with them.. they’ve always been around.. My mother still has a house full to this day.. She loves them so much she can’t even go on vacation or leave town—it’s too much trouble finding a babysitter… She’s kind of controlled by what she loves…💥

And it’s not just dogs I’ve buried… I’ve said goodbye to cats too—and had the honor of loving some great ones… Bebe… Dusty… Bernie Mack… Buttons… Precious… Sissy… that’s just some of them…

Earlier tonight… I came across a comment I once posted on a friend’s page… It’s a cat story from my life… my past… I thought I’d end with it…

If you’ve made it this far… thank you—for taking the time to get to know me… I love and appreciate you… Here’s that story… copy-pasted.. just for you… I hope it blesses you…💥

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My mother loves cats… Her email is literally kittyqueen..
Growing up.. we always had a house full of them—all fat… all spoiled rotten… living like kings and queens… Honestly… they had it better than I did!

We had one male tabby named Dusty who lived nineteen years… I was thirteen when we got him and thirty-two when he died… Losing him was like losing a member of the family… He’d been there through everything…

Dusty had a wonderful… long life… Most cats don’t make it to nineteen… I named him Dusty because of his unusual color—he looked like he was covered in dust… He died in my arms…💥

We also had another cat named Bernie Mack (I named him too)… He was a miracle… One day… my mother accidentally ran over his head with her car… We rushed him to the vet… and they managed to save him… His jaw was broken and wired shut… his skull and nose fractured… major brain swelling—he even had a feeding tube…

For three months… our vet cared for him at her house… keeping him beside her bed at night…. People in our whole town were praying for him… Against all odds… Bernie survived—and lived another sixteen years…

I know that cat only made it because of prayer…💥

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Maybe that’s what pets are really here for… to remind us how to love something that can’t last forever—and to love it anyway.

…….♡†♡’
…….°°†°°’
…….❤️†’
…….~°~
…….✧†✧

…,’…,’…t ✝️

What is good about having a pet?

© Bryan H. 2025 — All Rights Reserved

28 Replies to “Dog Spelled Backward”

  1. Love the name Eve🫶🏼 It’s true we do outlive them and the grief is something we can not avoid. I adore both dogs and cats currently I have a cat named Cheeks who is getting up there in years and I find myself bracing for the grief I know is coming. Great title and wonderfully penned. Stay blessed🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

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    1. 😁 Cheeks is a great name… ty for your kind words… I really appreciate you… I feel you… yep.. I’ve had to brace that way.. it’s no fun.. how old is Cheeks? 🙏 I use the fire heart alot also ❤️‍🔥💯💥🏳

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  2. He is 18 years old he is slowing down but still has his strong spirit. We are fire heart emoji twins then😁 It’s my favorite. Hugs for you and tears just mean we are alive. 🫂🙏🏻❤️‍🔥

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      4. You’re an entitled one, huh? 😂
        Alright… I’ll allow the sighing—
        since baseball is poetry…
        But careful… poetic sighs are gateway drugs to other deeper type monologues… 😎😝
        …….~°v__>:]

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      8. I know right… 😁 so what attracted you to the fireheart? I’m not even sure the correct name for it.. may be the burning heart or flame or other.. but I like saying fire.lol.. or PyroHeart’……. oh yeah! I like that one… haha

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      9. It’s going to sound a little corney, but it reminds me of the Virgin Mary heart. Also I always wear my heart on my sleeve and it suits how I feel my own heart would look the most. ☺️ Corney I warned you😁 pyro heart is genius actually🤣 Soo… Do you have Facebook or I could give you my email address. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I don’t know if your comment section can handle all this back and forth😁

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      11. What’s mine is yours 😎,’..
        Hmm I think I chose it because it looks way more passionate than all the other heart options I had… I like the design.. and how it stands out.. it just spoke to me.. more than some of the other emojis

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      12. O’ that’s cool.. not corney at all.. yep same.. heart sleever here.. yeah I’m sold on pyro heart now lol.. so I deactivated my Facebook like 3 months ago.. I don’t do the Instagram or tik tok..I’m on Grow/whatsapp/you tube/here and my email is bryan73ccc@gmail.com
        lol @ the comment section comment 😁

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  3. Wow.. that’s great he’s having such a long life… I will remember you and Cheeks 🙏.. every night.. I pray for all my subscribers and viewers from my YouTube channel and my Grow app.. and now the people here also.. I’m new here tho.. like a week ago I think it was I joined.. lol @ fireheart twins.. ty again for your words.. and ty for reassuring me I’m alive.. I was definitely wondering earlier 😁
    …….\o/’

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    1. Thank you for your prayers they are absolutely needed🙏🏻 You will now be in mine as well. Your @is fire heart twins? 👁️👄👁️ Shut the front door. . 🤌🏻🤌🏻 It’s a sign we were meant to find each other’s blog pages. ❤️‍🔥🙏🏻 God is good. My mind is blown. 🤌🏻 You are so welcome for the reassurance that you are indeed among the living, we all need some from time to time 😂

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      1. Yw’.. ty also.. haha you got the me crackin’ up over here.. 😄😁😝.. and so the sign says.. yes God is good indeed… another mind blown… it’s good to be here with you… in the land of the living… 🙃 that sounds like the name of a B grade movie.. seriously tho.. ty😊

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