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.
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
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I gotta stop doing that. People are gonna think I'm mean! :-)
ReplyDeleteMeant 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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