We had the honor of spending Saturday evening with the kids at Cedar Park Christian School. The event was held at Echo Falls Golf coarse, a beautiful setting for a formal event. The student made videos and Senior bequeaths were quite comical. The school always makes us feel like part of the family.
Work on the site came to a screeching halt this week with the illness and eventual passing of our favorite pet. Shadow has been a member of our family for the last 14 years. He was so loved by all us here, and in return he showed us more care and love than any animal I have ever met. He was a gentle giant, who looked after my little girls through all there childhood adventures. We all saw Marley and Me together last summer. And each of us cried because we knew this time would come. So for four days we paused, and loved him like we never have. And on Sunday we made the decision to let him go. Rest in peace Buddy.. we will run together again someday soon.
“Then I dropped my forehead against his and sat there for a long time, as if I could telegraph a message through our two skulls, from my brain to his. I wanted to make him understand some things.
“You know all that stuff we’ve always said about you?” I whispered. “What a total pain you are? Don’t believe it. Don’t believe it for a minute, Marley.” He needed to know that, and something more, too. There was something I had never told him, that no one ever had. I wanted him to hear it before he went.
“Marley,” I said. “You are a great dog.””
— John Grogan