Katrisse and Doggie

Doggie is a stuffed toy dog puppet that Ninang Faith gave Katrisse on her second birthday. Katrisse fell in love with Doggie from the start and she never left home or slept without her (yes, Doggie is claimed to be a girl). Just to know how much she loves Doggie, here are some anecdotes:

One night, while praying before going to bed, Katrisse says : “God bless, Daddy, Mommy, Ate Elissa, Katrisse, Baby Lia, Doggie, Yaya Miriam,....” (now we know the hierarchy in the family)

One morning before leaving for school, she goes in the room and kisses her Dad and says “bye, Daddy”, then “bye Mommy” (kisses Mommy Karla), then goes around the bed, finds Doggie at the foot of the bed, “bye Doggie *mwah*” ... Gives Doggie a short but sweet peck :)

Katrisse claims to be the Mommy of “baby” Doggie. In fact, she even puts Doggie in the stroller and walks her around.

Adventures of Doggie

One afternoon the girls went with Poppop to the farm. They stayed in the house in the farm and when it was time to go home, Doggie was left behind. Katrisse was insistent that they fetch Doggie so Poppop had to turn back and pick her up.

On the flight back home from the US, Elissa and Katrisse travelled only with Wawa. They left Doggie in the airplane and had to ask the ground crew to get in touch with the plane crew to find Doggie. Thankfully he was found.

Doggie was left behind one Sunday in Ayala Hillside and Mommy Karla had asked Finina to bring Doggie to Alabang with Auntie Finina. Thinking that Katrisse did not look for Doggie, she did not rush that it be brought home. However, when it was time to sleep, Katrisse was looking for Doggie saying “I want my Doggie, Mommy... I miss Doggie” then buries her face in her hands then starts sobbing, over and over again... Needless to say, Daddy Adrian and Mommy Doggie drove to Finina’s house at almost 10PM, just to bring Doggie home.

The next day, Elissa and Katrisse went with Poppop and Wawa to Greenhills and ate at Savory Chicken. Because she placed Doggie on the chair, they all forgot Doggie and went home. Although Katrisse wasn’t crying that night, she was continually “chanting” “I miss Doggie.... I want to fetch Doggie...” to sleep. Daddy and Mommy had to make the trip to Greenhills the next day which made Katrisse very happy.

In just a year, Doggie has probably done more than the average teddy bear. On road trips and airplane rides, parties and doctor’s visits, grocery and mall hoppings, in school and even in church, she has been Katrisse’s constant companion almost on a daily basis. I don’t know how long will Mommy and Daddy keep on “rescuing Doggie” from the lost and found but one thing’s for sure – she is well loved.