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They Change Us Twice · Every Pawprint! Every Story!

• 0:13
  SPEAKER_00: He came running through our front door, like he'd always lived here before.
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  SPEAKER_00: Paws too big, heart wild and free, a little bit of chaos, a whole lot of family, through first homes and long hard years, Through victories and through tears.
• 0:33
  SPEAKER_00: No matter what this life put us through, he'd look in our eyes like we hung the moon.
• 0:42
  SPEAKER_00: We thought we were teaching him how to live, trust, and belong.
• 0:48
  SPEAKER_00: But looking back now, we were the ones learning all along.
• 0:54
  SPEAKER_00: Cause they change us twice.
• 0:56
  SPEAKER_00: Once when they come and steal our hearts, turn empty houses into backyards full of stars, and they change us twice.
• 1:08
  SPEAKER_00: With every walk, every laugh, every lick on the face, they teach us more about love than words could ever say.
• 1:16
  SPEAKER_00: And when it's time to let them fly, they leave a piece of them behind.
• 1:22
  SPEAKER_00: Yeah, they change us twice.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some are rescues from a roadside, some show up right on time.
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  SPEAKER_00: Some pull us through the darkest days when the whole world feels like it slipped away.
• 1:40
  SPEAKER_00: They get us out the door each morning, give lost souls a sense of belonging.
• 1:47
  SPEAKER_00: They don't care who we've been, they just love us where we are again, and every season leaves its mark from reckless puppy days to gray, every memory becomes alive that never fades away.
• 2:08
  SPEAKER_00: So here's the maple chasing squirrels, and every Zeus that made us stronger to dig a pulling someone through when lonely nights felt so much longer.
• 2:22
  SPEAKER_00: To Charlie James, Ozzy Hindi too, and every best friend we ever knew, they're more than memories in our minds, they're the reason we're who we are tonight.
• 2:36
  SPEAKER_00: Oh, they change us twice.
• 2:39
  SPEAKER_00: Once when they run straight into our lives, making ordinary moments feel alive, and they change us twice.
• 2:51
  SPEAKER_00: When the pain gets smaller and the love gets bigger still, when their parents keep on leading us over every hill, no, they never really say goodbye.
• 3:01
  SPEAKER_00: They're in every tear and every smile, they change us twice.
• 3:08
  SPEAKER_00: Once while they're here, and once for the rest of our lives.