Marley & Me

(We had a great weekend up in Bemidji....pictures and stories to follow.)

But, to end our weekend, Kirby and I were finally able to find/create time to watch Marley & Me last night. Our daycare provided was kind enough to lend us the movie last week and told a cute story of her 14 year old son openly crying at the end. I think she is secretly trying to 'test' Kirby to see if the tough marine/6th grade teacher can watch it without shedding a few tears.

I had read the book last Christmas and was also able to see the movie in the theater with my pal Becky and bawled/cried of course. The book had been passed onto my husband whom I had encouraged to read an actual book that wasn't about hunting/fishing. I asked last night if he had even opened the cover and his reply was "I looked at the pictures." (with a cheesy grin)

It was my goal this time to not cry because I knew what was going to happen and knew where all the sad parts were. Yeah-that didn't happen. I cried again. I think being a dog owner and really loving your dog and having a heart-there's just no way you could not cry. As Gunner is snoring on the floor across the room from us, it was hard to not think of what fun we've had with him watching him grow up into the great family dog that he is. (I admit, I'm not perfect and yes Gunner does get on my nerves at least once a day with his barking or all the dog hair he puts on my clothes or his big body knocking me over when I'm trying to get downstairs, etc.)

I think the best line in the movie is towards the end and it's something similar to Marley loving them everyday-no matter what they did or said to him, he loved them everyday.

I don't know if Kirby cried or not but I do know that when Gunner jumped up on the bed last night to curl up between us, that Kirby didn't kick him off.

So, the point of my post is that..... I don't need another dog Kirby. (I have been dropping hints, okay, strong hints that we should get another dog/puppy to Kirby in the past few weeks. So far Kirby has been resisting my charms but I think he was starting to weaken just a bit.)

Gunner is all I/we need.