nah, i'm not really into dogs but found the story fascinating: - author's fear of being left without companionship overcoming his fear of commitment/failure (s

nah, i'm not really into dogs but found the story fascinating: - author's fear of being left without companionship overcoming his fear of commitment/failure (seemingly): ... I didn’t want to lose Ilse, especially knowing I was about to lose Dusty ... - author's POV about living for more than himself: ... I thought none of this was worth anything unless I had something more to live for. - how his "youth"/carefree phase sort of died with his dog - travels ending in his truck, etc. - and a new chapter begins with his spouse - near death experience + how that (seemingly?) kicked off his choice to marry his spouse lots of good stuff to reflect on here, especially for lone ranger/loss-averse/single people types