I offered this as a comment on Brigid's blog and then decided to put it here, slightly edited, as a post as well. This isn't exactly a review of the book.
The Book of Barkley came out Thursday night and I ordered a copy on Friday Morning. It was slow at work and my belly was whispering "remember the diverticulitis?" so I downloaded the e-book and went home. I finished it last evening.
Last night I dreamed of the time our Labs, OJ and Nicole, discovered their first skunk and came running back in the house dripping skunk juice. Then I dreamed of hanging out with old friends. When I woke up this morning, I thought back to a few weeks ago when I was so concerned about my self-destructive friend. The preacher prayed that God would put people in her life that would help her. The thought that I had this morning was that I bet one of those people will be a big, Black Lab.
I believe it was Jerry Clower who said "You've never been loved 'till you've been loved by a dog." I never thought I'd ever be able to do justice to the impact the love of that one special dog can have on a person's life.
I think Brigid has done that.
If you are a dog person, you will understand. If you are a cat person, prepare to be converted.
I think I will go invest in a kennel that raises Labs. Their price should start going up any day now.
3 comments:
Thank you for taking the time to share. That big black lab brought me out of some dark places as well on occasion, a journey I would not have missed despite a too-early ending
Bless you.
I gotta stop doing that. People are gonna think I'm mean! :-)
Meant to put that comment as a reply to your comment on the other post about the Book. It should make more sense there. Still too early in the morning for me.
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