Good boy, Indy

My Indianapolis News colleague Skip Hess and his wife Gloria are dog lovers who have adopted several strays to give them good loving homes.

I got this text message on Monday from Skip:

I am going to send you a photo that I took while mourning my golden whom we had to euthanize a couple of weeks ago.

I was sitting, along,  drinking coffee at the kitchen bar and had just said a prayer for Indy. His hips couldn't hold up anymore.

Anyway, I was telling Indy how much I missed him and what a good companion he was for years and how much I missed reaching over and scratching his ears every morning and how I wished he was still at my side in the morning and I looked over on the refrig handle where I had quickly draped over a kitchen towel minutes earlier and what I saw was nothing short of a miracle, my friend.

There was Indy, sure enough. I can't possible make this up. just can't.