The World’s Cutest Best Man!

Love is …having someone to hold.

There’s a moment
just before the leap
a wavering lapse
silent
and
still.
This is when
I think of you
and all your names
if and but
you and us
Sometimes the void answers;
at others,
I jump.

Maybe you don’t need the whole world to love you, you know ♥ Maybe you just need one person (or a dog)

See also: How dogs are helping fight the war against terror

In 2012, the U.S. Army veteran Justin Lansford lost his left leg in an explosion in Afghanistan.  Upon returning home to recover, Lansford was paired with Gabe, a then two-year-old Golden Retriever who had recently graduated from the Warrior Canine Connection.

The WCC is a nonprofit that pairs wounded warriors with support dogs, who help their brave best friends improve their symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. Gabe recently shouldered a brave new responsibility, serving as the best man in Lansford’s wedding to longtime girlfriend, Carol Balmes. Gabe certainly is the World’s Cutest Best Man!

Dogs do know what love is!

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