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We all get
teary-eyed once in a while, either about something very
personal or about a sad event on the news -- perhaps more
frequent since ???9/11???. The reasons are endless, and this is
not meant to be an endless story.
For
perspective only -- please recall that some politicians, not
just the one in CA, by the way -- have proposed the
elimination or reduction of animal shelters for lost or
stray pets, as a way to save money. I will write only that I
wish for them that they could fully understand the
importance of recovering a pet and the importance of animal
friends in God??™s universe. They must have forgotten
Coleridge??™s ???Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner??? that ???He made and
loveth all....??? Or they need to read it.
My daughter
lives in Brooklyn Heights, a beautiful area, and works at a
famous fashion, design and retail firm in the greatest city
of the world (NYC). She visits us as often as possible in
our Buffalo, NY area.
All visits
come to an end.
Even visits
home.
Before
boarding her flight back to NYC, she cries -- a very normal
reaction. She is going back to the city of eight million
away from friends and family.
But she has
a little friend, a Yorkie, whom she takes almost everywhere
with her. A smart and caring little canine. The measure of
God??™s love is not in centimeters.
At the
Buffalo-Niagara Airport, her Yorkie licks her tears away,
and we laugh
She always
does.
Who else
could take away our tears
?© 2005 Vance Agee |
