Pet Appreciation Week kicks off Sunday, an annual celebration designed to recognize the oversized role our favorite animals play in our lives. Daisy grew up to be a terrific family dog, the kind you remember and talk about at family reunions decades later. Of all the many positive benefits to having a family pet, though, their seemingly eternal optimism and good cheer strikes me as the most endearing. In fact, Alfred Lord Tennyson’s oft-quoted poetic words, “Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all” takes on new meaning to a child who says goodbye to a favorite family pet. We buried Daisy in the backyard, beneath a towering maple tree in the area where she loved to play fetch.

Source: Fox News June 02, 2019 17:45 UTC