“Oh My God! He is so cute!”
March 21st, 2008 . by Regina
It’s Just A Thought
“Oh My God! He is so cute!”
A Tribute To Asti Spumanti Cross
9/6/1993 – 3/6/2008
I should probably be writing about Easter or the Spring Equinox or something timely as such. Instead I am honoring a great and wise citizen of our Town. A 4.5 pound tiny furry creature with a name larger than his physical body, Asti Spumanti Cross, who won all hearts within his presence and even some never within reach with total unconditional loving as his only pretense, his only teaching, his only law. What follows are stories of Asti, our Forever Puppy, and his Town’s people.
“Oh my God, he is so cute! What is his name? May I pet your dog?” These were the usual cries of joy as soon as anyone spotted this tiny Little Guy. Always the first greetings were for Asti and everyone young, old, truck driver or ballet dancer wanted to touch him as if something magical would transfer from his body to theirs and oft times it did, unconditional love. “He is the cutest thing I have ever seen”. My response use to be, “Thank You” until one day I thought, “What am I thanking you for, neither you nor I had anything to do with it. He does that all by himself. I can only agree. I think he is the cutest thing I have ever seen too.”
On our first drive into Town, Centreville Town, on a Sunday scouting for our new home, we parked, clicked the leach on Asti and got out to walk about. As we crossed over from the Court Yard to what was then Farmers National Bank a man leaning over his balcony above Mear’s Barber Shop said, “That your dog? He’s a cute thing. What kinda dog is that?’ No, Hello, How are you, Welcome to our town you cute people…No…the first recognition always went to Asti. How could it not? He was such a perfect example of God’s radiant love. That man by the way was Phil, the Barber.