To Sing Once More: Sorrow, Joy, and the Dog I Loved
Ebook
Overview
How do we honor the dog friends who keep us company without complaint? How do we prepare when their all-too-short lives near an end? How do we grieve their passing and take joy in their memory? This memoir celebrates the life of a beautiful Golden Retriever named Hannah Estelle. It tells how, at a time of deep sadness, Hannah’s puppy presence helped the author learn to sing again; how, as he became an accomplished vocalist, her faithful friendship brought grace and joy; and how, during the cancer-wracked months that ended her life, his singing to Hannah helped her departure. Woven around texts from poignant songs, the book speaks of loss and love, of sorrow and joy, of suffering and hope. Each chapter is a dog song, inspired by the canine companion it is about, and songlike in its own aspiration. Lambert Zuidervaart tells lyrical stories about a dear dog’s life to thank her for helping him learn to sing once more.
“As a singer, composer, and conductor, I am deeply moved by
Lambert’s remembrances of his beloved Hannah, and the ways that
music impacted their shared journey. I am inspired and reassured by
the similarities I find here to my own life with dogs—from the joys
and challenges of puppies, through the cementing of shared
loyalties, and the grief of navigating illness and end-of-life
care. I’m so grateful for this gracious, loving memoir and the
memories it stirs in me.”
—Matthew Culloton, Founding Artistic Director, The Singers -
Minnesota Choral Artists, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
“This book, written passionately from the heart, verbalizes in
truly beautiful language what so many of us who have shared our
lives with dogs would wish to say, but could not find the
words.”
—Chris Zink, sports medicine veterinarian and lifelong dog
lover
- Title: To Sing Once More: Sorrow, Joy, and the Dog I Loved
- Author: Lambert Zuidervaart
- Publisher: Resource Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2021
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781725285699, 9781725285675, 9781725285682, 172528569X, 1725285673, 1725285681
- Resource ID: LLS:9781725285699
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-29T20:27:34Z
Lambert Zuidervaart is an emeritus professor of philosophy at
the Institute for Christian Studies and the University of Toronto
and a visiting scholar at Calvin University. He is the author of
nine books in philosophy, including Artistic Truth,
Social Philosophy after Adorno, and Religion, Truth, and
Social Transformation. A resident of West Michigan, he sings in
the Chamber Choir of Grand Rapids and two church choirs. His memoir
Dog-Kissed Tears also appeared with Wipf and
Stock.