3 dogs, naughty in their own ways

Ekko likes to crawl the wood fence, jump, then run around the neighborhood, especially near a neighbor who doesn't like dogs, for she has cats. Doh!
While not especially naughty, Cheyenne instigates a number of entanglements with brother Ekko with toys, either theirs or other person's toys.
Maia likes to "hide" toys in furniture or "just out of her reach" so the person near her has to retrieve it and throw the said item. She also is an avid beggar without cause.

go from here

What I have left isn't so pretty, but with time and effort, it can be cleaner, and perhaps better and more cherished than before.

coming to close on a chapter

So ... it was not to be, permanent and I knew that.

It appears that my "partnership" with this special woman will forever change as I encourage her to return to her relationship with 'him'. He made an effort to make things better, to improve things, to reunite them as a couple. How could I interfere with that? I encouraged her to pursue that possibility. She was worried that she would lose me, but really what will happen is that she and I will separate and be friends -- nothing more.

It's a lot better than the many breakups I've had ... I don't really feel bad, sorry, or terribly ill. I still have a friend, with whom I have shared some interesting times, personal goals, secrets, and parts of me I rarely share for she inspired me to do stupid things to impress her or to make her happy, even at the cost of my would-be "dignity".