Back To Home Page To Archives - Spring of Life - H. Roger Bothwell Thousands of Days of Love She's a sweet old dog. It's taken most all of the eight years since we brought her home to stop being a puppy. She still gets excited when the doorbell rings but life has changed. No longer do I have to call her to know where she is. I just need to look down for she will be just a few feet away. When I come home at night she follows me not only from room to room but also from chair to chair. If I get up in the night and put my feet to the floor often they land on her side. The house is never empty. As I look at her I realize how quickly these eight years have gone and before another eight shall pass I will have to place her in the back yard beside another such faithful friend. We can keep nothing nor can we keep anyone. A moment of parting will come from everyone we love. Shakespeare once wrote, "This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong. To love well which thou must leave ere long." I once knew a man who would not allow himself to love because he feared the moment of parting. When I presided over his graveside service there were only a few present and no one wept for he who gives not love receives no love. To love and be loved is true wealth. Will I miss this old dog when she is gone? Of course I will, but that day of pain has been more than compensated for by thousands of days of love. I'm Roger Bothwell and my address is roger.bothwell@verizon.net or 151 Old Farm Rd. Leominster, MA 01453. Thank you for your support of our faith ministry. Past devotionals can be accessed at Archives