Democratic Underground Latest Greatest Lobby Journals Search Options Help Login
Google

Excerpt from “The Darkest Evening of the Year”

Printer-friendly format Printer-friendly format
Printer-friendly format Email this thread to a friend
Printer-friendly format Bookmark this thread
Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Home & Family » Pets Group Donate to DU
 
Obamanaut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 05:33 PM
Original message
Excerpt from “The Darkest Evening of the Year”
Excerpt from “The Darkest Evening of the Year” by Dean Koontz

<snip>
“Dogs’ lives are short, too short, but you know that going in. You know the pain is coming, you’re going to lose a dog, and there’s going to be great anguish, so you live fully in the moment with her, never fail to share her joy or delight in her innocence, because you can’t support the illusion that a dog can be you lifelong companion. There’s such beauty in the hard honesty of that, in accepting and giving love while always aware it comes with an unbearable price. Maybe loving dogs is a way we do penance for all the other illusions we allow ourselves and for the mistakes we make because of those illusions.” <end of excerpt>

I read this while sitting with Rusty, a cocker/wire haired terrier mix, asleep on the couch beside me. Somehow or other a speck got in my eye.

This was the second time during the reading of this book, a mystery, that I was afflicted with eye specks.
Refresh | 0 Recommendations Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
njlib Donating Member (754 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-15-09 10:33 PM
Response to Original message
1. So true..and it seems I've caught your specks
My two are 11 and it seems like only yesterday I saw my Buster for the first time...8 weeks old, bounding across the living room floor, his ears too big for his head! My baby is an old man now and it breaks my heart.
Printer Friendly | Permalink | Reply | Top
 
DU AdBot (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view 
this author's profile Click to add 
this author to your buddy list Click to add 
this author to your Ignore list Thu May 02nd 2024, 06:12 PM
Response to Original message
Advertisements [?]
 Top

Home » Discuss » DU Groups » Home & Family » Pets Group Donate to DU

Powered by DCForum+ Version 1.1 Copyright 1997-2002 DCScripts.com
Software has been extensively modified by the DU administrators


Important Notices: By participating on this discussion board, visitors agree to abide by the rules outlined on our Rules page. Messages posted on the Democratic Underground Discussion Forums are the opinions of the individuals who post them, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Democratic Underground, LLC.

Home  |  Discussion Forums  |  Journals |  Store  |  Donate

About DU  |  Contact Us  |  Privacy Policy

Got a message for Democratic Underground? Click here to send us a message.

© 2001 - 2011 Democratic Underground, LLC