Follow Dog Home coauthor Samantha Walsh with Beverly |
Three years ago this week, on the first Saturday of August, Beverly led us back to the exact place where our journey with dogs began. Were it not for her nose, who knows if we have all that we do today? By that I mean a critically acclaimed book, a Facebook page with nearly 8,000 fans, and the validation of the family dog as something greater than the family pet.
Walshes return to Atwood Street, 2011. Left to right: Beverly (dog), Kevin, Bob, Amanda, Jean and Samantha. Annie is the Corgi on Bob and Jean's laps. |
We went back to the homestead with the blessing of the homeowner, and plunked Dad down on the front stoop. We really had come full circle to the place where it all started some 70 years ago. Dad has seen five wars, and raised 17 dogs with his children and his children's children. So much has changed. But one thing never did--a dog's place in the family. It is the one and only constant in life that we know. And we wouldn't want it any other way.
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