The Art of Racing in the Rain

So, my dad gave me this book while I was in Washington last. I thought, great another money book he wants me to read. This book is nothing like that. Its called the Art of Racing in the Rain. IT is absolutely amazing! I started the first chapter and it made me just immediately addicted to reading it.  Just after the first time reading it I felt a special bond with my dog. I didn't look at her as just a dog. I really believe that she follows us around because she whats to be a part of our lives and she watches us to learn things and sometimes I really do think she understands exactly what we are saying and I think that she wishes she could talk and tell us something we are overlooking or something we didn't see. I don't know about the whole turning into a human when they die, but I do hope that I will be able to see my dogs again when I die. I mean really though, not knowing breaks my heart. Its almost what I would think it would be like to not have the gospel in my life. Not knowing what happens after life. I know that people can be together forever, but we don't give birth to dogs....or cats for that matter...so what happens to them when they die? When I get to Heaven someday and my past dogs aren't there waiting for me to lick my face and let me scratch their belly's and just love them, I know I will be pretty ticked. They HAVE to be there! I wish I knew... Does anyone know? Is there doctrine that says we will see them again?

Anyway this book just made me that much closer to Pookey and even Cassie and all the animals I have had in the past that have passed on. It takes your heart on an emotional roller coaster, at times it is so funny you literally laugh so hard, and at other times you just bawl your eyes out. By the end of this story I was covered in tears, but so happy I was able to read it. I suggest anyone read this book. It really makes you look at dogs in a new light.