(Originally posted on Friday, September 7, 2007)
For those of you who have ever read Marley and Me; meet Duke! No, Duke isn't THAT bad, but he certainly has a few similarities. He loves the "evader" game and he does play submarine with his nose in the water; but most importantly, he makes me smile!

Duke is like the perfect man ~ loyal,sweet, attentive and very affectionate. When I am crying my heart out on the couch, he will come from wherever he was (most likely the bed!), plunk his butt almost right on my lap and just look at me with the sweetest puppy eyes ever. How can that not cheer a person up instantly! Mind you, instead of giving me a kleenex to wipe my tears up, he will use his tongue....but hey, at least he has managed to cheer me up, right??!
Anyways, I just wanted you all to meet Duke ~ now when I talk about Duke (AKA ~my
baby), you will know who I am talking about.