Mr. 365 by Clampett Ruth

Author:Clampett, Ruth [Clampett, Ruth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Clampett Studio Collections
Published: 2013-12-07T23:00:00+00:00

At the dog park, Romeo gets busy checking out all the female dogs.

“He has a favorite, but I don’t think she’s here today.”

“Yeah? Please, please tell me her name is Juliet!”

“Nope. Desdemona, but they call her Desi.”

“Geez! Well they must make quite a pair.”

“She’s a purebred Irish setter, easily twice the little guy’s size, but he pays no mind to that. You should see them try to go at it. We have to constantly pull them apart as they frown on that stuff at the dog park.”

I laugh, imagining it. “Poor Romeo, never satisfied.”

“Well, not for a lack of trying.”

“Speaking of Irish things, I’ve been thinking of going to Ireland next summer,” I say, testing the waters.

“Wow, Ireland? You’re quite a traveler. Have you always been that way?”

“Oh no, my parents couldn’t afford big trips with a larger family and four kids to put through college, but I think I was born with wanderlust. As soon as I scraped the money together, I started traveling the world. It’s one of the reasons I work so hard… to fund my trips.”

“Who are you going with? And it better not be that Marcos dude,” he says warily.

“No. So far I’m going by myself, but I know this really handsome man that I may invite. I bet he’d be really fun to hang out in pubs with.”

Romeo runs over to check in. Will throws his tennis ball half the length of the park, and the little guy takes off after it.

“That’d be cool. I’d love to go to Ireland with you.”

“Great.” I feel excited just thinking about it.

“My tattoo has Irish origins.”

“It does?”

“Yeah, it’s a Celtic symbol called a Dara Knot from the Irish word for oak tree.” He lifts up his sleeve a little higher.

“I’ve wanted to ask what it meant,” I say, running my fingers over it gently.

“Why didn’t you?”

“I was afraid it was for an old girlfriend or something, and then I’d go from admiring it to resenting it.”

He lifts his eyebrows. “I still don’t believe you’re the jealous type.”

“Oh, I am. And… I’m a bit possessive, too.”

“I’ll keep that in mind.”

“So what does the symbol mean?”

“It’s a reminder that like a tree’s roots, we have vast inner resources under the surface that can lend wisdom and stability no matter what shit is going down around us. That idea has gotten me through some rough times.”

I smile. “I bet it has. You’re amazing. And as for your tattoo, I like it even more.”

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