Today is tomorrow in Korea. I laid myself to sleep on this Sunday evening I knew friends in Korea were already well into Monday. And as I got all cozy in my bed I realized something -- in Korea, it is Balboa's birthday.
Balboa turned 3 years old.
I haven't seen Balboa in 162 days, since August 5th when I left Korea.
After much hassling, Snickers finally messaged me some pictures of our dogs. They were taken up on the rooftop where they have their own living corridors but Balboa lives inside the club and he never sent me a picture of him.
It's hard being away from Korea and everything and everyone that that includes, my life of eleven years there. I don't talk about it much here on my homepage because I don't want to and I can't. It's heartbreaking.
It was Balboa's birthday -- the birthday of an annoying little Chihauhau who has such small-dog syndrome. I cried at the realization that absolutely nothing would be done to recognize this moment, this day, because I'm not there and Snickers never saw any kind of importance in holidays. Of course Balboa wouldn't even know it's his birthday, he is after all a dog, but I knew it was and it meant something to me.
I miss my four-legged friends every single day but today was extra hard because of it.
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