Did They Know I Loved Them? The Question Under Everything
You remember the times you were tired, the walk you skipped, the day you were distracted. But here's what your pet was actually counting.
This is the one that sits under everything else.
You remember the times you were tired, the times you were impatient, the walk you skipped, the day you were distracted. Grief makes you zoom in on those moments like they're the whole story.
But pets don't measure love like a timesheet
They measure it as **safety**:
If they did, that's your answer.
What they were actually counting
You may be counting "mistakes." They were counting:
The quiet truth
They knew. Not in a dramatic, poetic way—in the steady, everyday way that actually matters.
They weren't keeping score. They were living with you. And that was enough.
If guilt is still heavy
If this question keeps circling, write down five ordinary moments where they were clearly content with you. Not big gestures—just regular life. A nap next to you. A greeting at the door. A head in your lap.
That was love. They felt it.