Two little things hit me particularly hard this evening:

• When trying to decide what to make for dinner, I thought about one of my fav's: Blackened shrimp with pasta. It's pretty quick and easy and very tasty. Then I remembered the best part was making extra Linguini and feeding it to Twyla after dinner. She loved pasta. She would stand there wagging her tail as I handed out each strand.
• When loading the dishwasher, Twyla was always the "pre rince" cycle. She would happily lick plates and silverware as they were put in the dishwasher.