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Article: Overflowing with thanks: true thanksgiving can't be stored up for special occasions.
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- Presbyterian Record
- Article date:
- October 1, 2000
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We had been away for about two weeks. Our dog, Brick, had spent two weeks at the local puppy hotel -- the boarding kennels. He was beginning to think he'd been orphaned or, perhaps, put out to a foster home.
I went to the kennels to pick up Brick. Brick usually disgraces the good name of all dogs by his behaviour at these times. This time was no exception.
There was a Dobermann in the waiting room, limping around with one bandaged paw, soaking up sympathy. Then we heard the sounds of Brick out in the corridor. His claws clattered on the linoleum; his trainer leaned on the leash to hold him back. He was eager for whatever was coming. When Brick actually ...