“You have it right,” Marijane wrote to me. “Dogs and coyotes and owls and bears and people are all the same inside. We have the same emotions. We fear and love and get angry and are happy. We all have compassion and empathy. People like to say that dogs live in the moment. I think some do—like some people do—but look at Will, he’s not living in the moment. He’s tormented by his past. I admire that you treat Atticus like you do. It’s worked. I have to believe it will eventually work with Will, too. Just remember that you can only do your best.” Whenever Will attacked me in the coming months,
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