I'm in the first generation of my family where the ultimate test of manhood does NOT consist of taking the old dog to the woods to shoot it, in the (for my tastes still-too-barbaric) last act of ultimate love and mercy.
Still, I've had to do what you must, and I grok in fullness. Those who know us the best will know and comprehend that it is harder on us who must do the deed than it could ever be on the animal.
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branchandroot
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Date: 2006-09-25 16:36 (UTC)Still, I've had to do what you must, and I grok in fullness. Those who know us the best will know and comprehend that it is harder on us who must do the deed than it could ever be on the animal.