Firefly Ravine One year old and counting.

Upon being greeted with a army of nudges from her daughter, she lifted her body and listened to her excited ramble. 
'Happy birthday babes.' 
She nibbled behind her ear, cuddling her, before she squirmed out and ran away, probably to share the birthday cheer. Watching her daughter sprint away, she thought for a second. Had it really been only a year since she had Rain? It seems like only yesterday they were waddling up to Phoenix Maplewood's border attempting to join. It had also been a year since she lost her other pups to that harsh storm, not only a birth date but a death date. Immediately pushing the selfish thought away, she focussed on Rain. Climbing out of the den, she went off to into the heart of the woods, to her secret cache in search of the birthday girl's gift.