A BOY AND HIS DOG. Pt. 5

Pt. 5

There’s a popular cartoon which depicts St. Peter standing at heaven’s gate, and a small pooch beneath his feet; scrambling to greet a newcomer. In the foreground an aged man can be seen approaching the duo.

With this, St. Peter exclaims,

“So you’re little Bobby. Well, Rex here has been ‘going on and on’ about you for the last 50 years!”

Well, in this case Master Wade preceded his precious Fluffy, and the two were only separated for a matter of weeks. But, no doubt, the two experienced quite a reunion, and I think that all of heaven must have celebrated along with them.

It must have been a bit confusing for Fluffy to see Wade bounding up heaven’s steps; supported by legs as strong as his heart and spirit had always been.

I can see them now

Running and romping and rampaging amongst the multi-colored meadows of heaven; bedecked with every flower of the rainbow. And the joy which filled up Wade’s life on earth has proven to be a dim reflection of the incomparable joy which now threatens to overwhelm both him, and his precious pooch.

No, (as his headstone infers) it won’t be long ‘til we’re all together again. Wade and his mother and father and sister. His family and his friends. We’ll all be reunited again.

…Just across that river about which Wade so often sang.

But until then, I think my dear nephew’s days will be filled up with a pleasure so surreal and so sublime, and that he and Fluffy will wile the hours doing the kind of things

…that a boy and his dog do.        

 by William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from (Mc)Donald's Daily Diary. Vol. 50. Copyright pending

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