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    What mark can you make that will last for all eternity?

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    A few days after we brought Mack Swinney home, I took him down to the dock to join me in morning prayer.  All of our previous dogs have been my loyal prayer partners.  I wanted him to become part of this the venerable tradition.  When I looked up from my prayer book, I noticed Mack had locked-on a half-dozen baby geese swimming by the dock

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