Day 12: BEDM Challenge I miss you, Gidget Marie

Day 12 of the BEDM challenge has arrived and I am happy to announce that today's prompt was much easier to write than yesterday! Hurray! It's the small things in life that make this girl's life a happy one. Here is today's prompt:

What do you miss?

When I first saw this prompt a million things ran through my head because when you live abroad there are many, many, MANY things that you end up missing. When I thought about what I have sighed over the most the answer was easy, my fur baby. 

Gidget Marie. 

My pretty little puppy is now 7 years old and I have had her in my life since I was 20. I was Gidget's third owner in a year and took over her care when a couple of my friends had to get rid of her. I was a little dubious about owning a dog since I had considered myself a cat person, but I couldn't bear to let her go to a shelter since no one else had stepped forward to take her. 

So Gidget came to live with me and the rest is history. I gave her the pretty middle name of Marie, slept in the same bed, and bought her any Halloween costume that I thought she absolutely needed.  I love my baby so much, and Gidget was even the deciding factor in me realizing that there might be something worth exploring when I had just started dating, Rich, my husband. He once walked her in her lobster Halloween costume because it was the warmest thing he could find on a freezing winter day. He did this in full uniform and on the busiest street in town. Yea, he won me over with that one.

On our last visit home we assumed our very best Sear's family portrait pose, notice how Gidget is ASLEEP.

Gidget was a shy little thing that was frightened of nearly everything and had been bullied by bigger dogs until I got her. I did my best to rehabilitate her, (think a sassier version of Cesar Milan) loved her and apparently she took on my personality. After a short time with me Gidget became known as the "forest warrior" at the dog park. I love my baby and I can't wait until I get to see her everyday. 

Gidget relaxing in the shade afer slaying the wilds of Kansas. ISN'T SHE THE CUTEST THING IN THE WORLD?!

It's been too long since I have gotten to see my dog's pretty furry face and I can't tell you how much I miss her. Now that you know what I miss the most what do you miss the most? Is there a particular thing that you just wouldn't be able to do without?