The Black Marshmellow - Part V

Today, Charlie has a difficult time getting around, as he suffers from hip displacia. (Imagine both of your hip bones acting like a rickety rocking chair as you walk.) Nonetheless, he still has the same heart of that little puppy we brought home from the pound 11 years ago. When I come home to visit, he will make the trip out to see me, and still wag his tail the same way he always has. When I was 15 I had a void, and didn't know it. Charlie filled that void. He was just about the only constant I had as I went from adolescnece into adulthood.