Last weekend I read the book, Marley and Me, by John Grogan. I have to say it was one of the best books I’ve ever read! I’d always put off reading this book, because I have my own personal Marley. Two of them, in fact. A black Lab named Nick, and a yellow Lab named Ranger (pictured below). They’re both exuberant, high-energy dogs that have a lot of the same characteristics as Marley.

But Marley was not the main character of the book. No, it was about John Grogan and his wife and their life together … the ups and downs, the difficulties and joys that came their way, with a continuing thread of Marley’s antics that ran through the entire book. By page three, I felt as though I knew this couple, and by the last chapter, I felt like one of the family, and as though Marley were MY dog!

I can’t tell you the last time a book touched me the way Marley and Me did. It made me laugh out loud, and choked me up – and I’m not a sentimental person! Our pets weather every storm, and witness every happy occasion in our lives. They’re with us when we bring home our babies, and when those babies start kindergarten. They’re with us when we lose family members and friends, and give comfort during those sad times.

Tell me … is there a book that touched you as dramatically as this one touched me?