Marley & Me is a book we got my mother-in-law a couple of years ago. After reading it she gave it to me to borrow and it ended up on the shelf ever since. I am working on catching up on all of the books I have sitting around and thought I’d pick this one up.

Being the dog lover that I am, I knew this book would be a good one. Marley is a yellow lab that the author claims is the worst dog ever. Marley isn’t a mean dog, he is just rambunctious and anxious, and big. Whenever you have that combination in a dog you kind of know what might happen.

This was a great book. They even have a children’s version of it that my mother-in-law read with Evan.

I have to admit that I didn’t want to read the end of the book because I knew it would mean saying goodbye to Marley. Our dog Abby is almost 11 and I find myself thinking about how much time she has left with us. You just never know. Our other dog, Chelsea died at the age of 11. Abby, however, has been much healthier and still has lots of spunk (when she’s not sleeping). She will bravely take on any sized dog even though she is a mere 4 lbs.

Anyway – back to Marley. This was a book that was very easy to read and had lots of laughs in it. I kept thinking to myself – why did they keep this dog after all it did? But after reading Marley’s story I can see so much good in him. Dogs have a way of getting inside our hearts you know.