[at-l] Death of a Trail Companion-my late-added thoughts

[gadog430 at charter.net (Gadog430)]

RNR so sorry to hear of your loss. 
People think of them only as 'animals' but we truly love them and they us. 
I still miss the cat I had as a child named Pumpkin. 

Dawg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Clark Wright" <icw@esisnet.com>
To: "ATListserv" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 9:33 PM
Subject: [at-l] Death of a Trail Companion-my late-added thoughts


> To RnR, and all those who've responded to his loss:
> 
> Thanks for reminding us all, through loss, what life is really all about 
> - experiencing love, joy and smiles with true "trail companions" and 
> then dealing with loss . . .
> 
> Thanks, too, for reminding us all of how much we truly DO have in common.
> 
> And, thanks for reminding me to tell those I love that I do, and to work 
> harder to experience more while I have the time.
> 
> Now that I stop and think of it, my whole life can adequately be 
> measured in dogs (and I mean that in a most goodly way).  From Prince, 
> the awesome collie who put up with me and my three siblings in the early 
> years, to Nugget (golden retriever) who put up with us all thru our 
> teens and 20s, to my buddy Paul's black lab Banjo, who went with me and 
> Paul on some of our earliest backpacking adventures up in the NC 
> mountains, and then had his life cut short by one too many joyful runs - 
> into an oncoming car . . . to my wife and I's beloved Brandy (good ole 
> mutt) who we befriended off the streets in the same year we married, and 
> just had to put down at age 15 this year . . .  and, perhaps most 
> poingantly, to the incredible menagerie of dozens of the great big dogs 
> (mostly Newfies and Mastiffs) and other animals that my older sister 
> always found rooom for to love, nurture, raise and treasure . . . until 
> the very sad, sad day in October of 2001 when she took her own life in 
> grief over the loss of her beloved Zeus, an incredible Mastiff who had 
> actually saved her life once before . . .
> 
> The circle of life is indeed unbroken, and our relationships those 
> unconditional loving, tail wagging canines remain eternal - eternal 
> memories that make us laugh and shed a tear all at the same time . .
> 
> Thru-Thinker
> [Clark]
> 
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