A New Bond
Lily and her parents attended the ceremony too.
When she spotted Sunny, her face lit up. She ran into his fur and giggled as he covered her cheeks with kisses.
“See?” Eleanor whispered to Parker. “That’s the joy I saw in him.
He knew he had a purpose.”
From that day on, Lily often visited Eleanor and Sunny. The once quiet house on Oak Street soon rang with laughter and play.
And whenever people asked about the day Sunny became unusually cheerful, Eleanor would smile and say:
“Sometimes joy means more than we think. Sometimes it’s a sign that someone, somewhere, is waiting for us to listen.”
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