A Promise Kept
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog
By Kat Heckenbach

One of the most enduring friendships in history — dogs and their people, people and their dogs.
~Terry Kay

We loved our neighbors’ dog, Sheba, as though she were our own. They’d adopted her from the pound less than a year after we’d adopted our dog, Dax, and the two grew up together as the best of friends. Any time the Williamses went out of town, we had the honor of watching Sheba in our home. She fit in like part of the family, and her comfort here was obvious.

Over the years, we made a point of telling them that if they ever needed a new home for Sheba, we’d take her. We were joking but serious. We knew they had no intention of ever giving her up, but we meant every word of that promise. (Keep reading)