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We took Our Buddy to the beach a
couple of times. A leash wasn’t necessary. Where we walked, she walked. Where
we sat, she sat. And I’ll never forget her timidity as she pitter-pattered up
to the edge of the surf. And I’ll never forget her surprise as the cold ocean
water lapped against her legs. Needless to say, she didn’t linger, but quickly
darted up onto the dry sand.
And on this memorable day, my wife
and I, and Our Little Buddy stretched ourselves out on a large blanket, and I
think we all nodded off for a spell. We’d made plans to watch the sunrise, in
the morning, on the east coast, and to travel to the west coast of the state
that same day to watch the sunset. But fatigue changed our minds for us. We
watched that magnificent sunrise at Vero Beach, and turned around and went
home. My wife, My Buddy and I.
Each of us have the opportunity to
witness a sunset more glorious than any we might have witnessed that day. But
it will be more than a casual observation of nature’s glory. We have
been given the privilege of participating in that particular
sunset.
Little Buddy was the sunrise of
our lives, and she was the sunshine of our moments. For life is not, in fact,
an accumulation of days, but a collection of moments. And though Our Little
Friend was denied the earthly opportunity, on that particular day, of
witnessing what assuredly would have been a magnificent sunset, she has been
privileged to participate in a grander one.
That most amazing sunset awaits
all of us. And the sunrise that will follow, the more amazing still.
By
William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "My Little Buddy." Copyright pending, 2017.
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