“But grieving with memories is better than nothing without them and the only thing worse than not being alive, is not having anything to remember.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
“Or we can cast off our fear, gather those things around us that are precious, shedding that which only seeks to hinder us and head out into the world, eyes wide open.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
“I do not love very often, but I love hard, and this dog had got more than a bit of my heart.”
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
― The Book of Barkley: Love and Life Through the Eyes of a Labrador Retriever
“Now that I was an adult, I no longer had grand dreams for my future: I just wanted to make it through the day.”
― The Sweet Surrender
― The Sweet Surrender
“Instead of a stepping stone, the job turned out to be quicksand.”
― The Sweet Surrender
― The Sweet Surrender
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