Lily The Dog
“THERE AIN’T NO SUNSHINE”
LILY DOG May 2007-November 2019
My dog Lily, died this week. She was a rescue dog. You know; the shelter dog you give a home to, and then find out you were the one that got rescued. LOL. Lily has been my sidekick and best bud for the last decade. Lily was always good for a run on the beach. She was not a fetch and return kind a dog, but she would run until she collapsed.
There was never one time that I needed her that she wasn’t there. I’m not so sure I was as responsive to her needs as she was to mine. But, that’s a familiar story between us and our four-legged companions.
In this montage of Lily and Inara, Shaun Smith is heard singing, “There Ain’t No Sunshine, When She’s Gone”. Lily’s job was to look sad and lonely waiting for her buddy Inara to come back home. I thought she did a good job, in her first starring role. (Just silly shit when you have nothing more productive to do with your time).
It looks like me and Inara will be singing, “There Ain’t No Sunshine, When She’s Gone”. Rest in peace, Lily. We’ll be missing you.
D.S. Mitchell
