Home Records

During the long walks with the basset hounds from the Fales’ basset kennel to the faraway river, I would inevitably tire towards the end and give the burden of my weight to Libby as she readily took me up upon her back. As I got older, I would increasingly make it farther on my own feet, until I finished the whole walk by myself. Libby and Sarah commemorated these feats as “home records.” Remembering their constant efforts to carry me and their praise at my grown-up self-sufficiency, I am grateful that they tended so well to me, their little sister.