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The Animals In Our Lives

Stories of Companionship and Awe

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The Animals In Our Lives

By: Catherine Lawton
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The animals in our lives inspire our awe, entertain us, help us, teach us, play with us, mourn with us, even work with us. These 43 winsome, varied, and personal stories recount experiences with dogs, cats, sheep, horses, backyard birds, woodland deer, and many other creatures. The encounters and adventures of people and animals include childhood memories, family experiences, contemplative moments, and wilderness explorations. A celebration of companionship with animals both domestic and wild, in good times and hard times.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction /11
OUR DOGS /15
Pal: My First Show Dog /17
Shelly: Walking Through Empty Nest Syndrome /20
A Dog-Nose Miracle /31
Rocky II /34
Finding Freedom, Experiencing Joy /40
Grace: The Distractive Therapist /44
What's in a Name? /48
Bogar: A Dog In The Holocaust /52
Aisha /61
Scout: My Soul Mate /66
Buster: The Problem PK /70
A Wet-Nosed Therapist /79
Bruna /82
Maggie /84
OUR CATS /87
Better Than a Guard Dog /89
Bob, An Angel At My Doorstep /93
Taking In Stray Cats /98
The Cat We Left Behind /100
OUR FARM ANIMALS /103
My "Hey, Sheep" /105
Wyndham: The Gentle Giant /110
Dust Bowl Days /113
What Charlene Taught Me /120
Netta and the Sheep-Pony /124
Run To Safety! /127
Freckles: The Faithful Farm Dog /130
A Peacock For Moving Day /133
Prayer Meeting With the Cows /138
A Country Pastor-Farmer's Flock /141
OUR UNUSUAL PETS /145
Grace Sings on Cricket Wings /147
Bo Bo, the Hedgehog /152
Toads and Salamanders /159
Dostoevsky the Iguana /162
Honeybees /168
OUR WILD ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS /171
Swimming With Dolphins /173
Backyard Birds /178
Beginner's Luck /180
Encounters of Wonder /186
Animals in the Wildfire /188
Reminder That God Is With Us /191
Wild Observations /192
The Chase: It Happened On Londonberry Street /195
It's A Bear! /197
Love That Will Not /201
About /203
Acknowledgements /208

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