Last night was one of those nights. Where a few hours makes your whole day. Where the laughter piles onto laughter filling your whole house with joy. My wife and Pidge came home beautiful. Beautiful like our Christmas lights, bright in their simplicity. Beautiful and brilliant to me. We played and we laughed. I rubbed my face into Pidgie’s neck. Tickle tickle tickle. Her husky voice chuckled back. She smelled like a sunrise. She felt like cake. She flung her buttercream body onto the dog bed, flopping into her best pal. The beagle let out a sigh then nestled in. All’s fair in love and toddlerhood. Pidge let out a yawn. Night night.

My life is such a dream.