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Come Back to Me
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Lessons Learned from My Dog
By Vicki Liston A dog has one purpose in life: to bestow his heart.
~J.B. Aukerly I’d always wanted a dog. But the answer was always no. Then when I was eight years old, the stars aligned. My aunt came back from her daily run with a rescued puppy in tow. After weeks of unsuccessfully looking for the owner and begging to keep him, “Pepper,” a black-and-tan Beagle mix, was finally a member of my family. And, like many children with a new thing, I became obsessed. Dog-training classes, dog drawings, dog stories, learning about every dog breed imaginable — everything “dog” was at the center of my world. (Keep reading) | 
