One of the good things about the long flight to Oahu was that they played a movie that I actually wanted to see, Marley and Me (2008). The flight attendant introduced the movie as starring Owen Wilson and Courtney Cox, but of course it stars Jennifer Aniston, who occupies a perennial spot on my top 5 list.
I'll admit it, I really liked Marley and Me. Cute dog, cute wife. Insanity ensues. Family grows, Marley loves everyone despite their faults, with his whole heart.
The thing is I have gone through it once already. Having a dog, maybe not as a puppy, but as a young dog. And it grows up with you as part of your household. You bring in other pets, and they become ingrained in your heart. And they start becoming older, and they love you all the more. And they start becoming slower, but their tails never loses its wag when you come home from work at the end of the day.
And it is the hardest thing in the world, when they start suffering, because you want to be selfish. You want to keep them here with you. They have loved you for so long and so unconditionally, it is hard to let go of that.
When I think of holding Shasta in my arms as she took her last breath, tears still come to my eyes. She had her "faults" like Marley in the movie. But she loved us, and we loved her.
That is what Marley and Me is about. These little companions in our lives, that are with us for much too short a time.
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