This quote on dogs is THE BEST I have ever read. Puppy this one is especially for you.
Quote:
The one absolutely unselfish friend that a man can have in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him and the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous... is his dog.
A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to offer, he will lick the wounds and sores that come in encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince. When all other friends desert he remains. When riches take wings and reputation falls to pieces, he is as constant in his love as the sun in its journey through the heavens.
If fortune drives the master forth an outcast in the world, friendless and homeless, the faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that of accompanying him to guard against danger, to fight against his enemies, and when the last scene of all comes, and death takes the master in its embrace and his body is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if all other friends pursue their way, there by his graveside will the noble dog be found, his head between his paws, his eyes sad but open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true even to death.
Senator George Graham Vest of Missouri - 1869
Me - 32 Her -30 Married - 7 Years Together - 9 Years No Kids 05/21 - Bomb 6/8 - Exposed 7/9 - Re-Exposed 06/11 - She Filed
I just read HOLD ME TIGHT w/my husband. It is for healing as a couple...I wouldn't recommend it for you right now. It is based around healing conversations in a marriage. Better communication and resolution of past hurts. It is full of couples exercises. In fact, it depressed the HE11 out of me until my H decided to pick it up and read too.
It is an excellent book, but save it to read in your next R in my opinion. You might check out one recommended by many LBSs here called The Journey from Abandonment to Healing. I hear it was one of the most beneficial reads. NOT EASY material, but the most productive toward healing.
BTW, I'm REALLY sorry you lost your dog at such a trying time. We're dog people too and I know how difficult it is at the end. We had to put our favorite dog down about a year ago at a similarly low point in our lives and the double whammy was really tough to take. Love on your other ones and do special things with them...take them to Dairy Queen and/or the park. And take care of yourself in the face of all of this. Channel that mojo you found a couple of weeks ago. K???
