And so it begins–my journey without her by my side. She has left me.
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Balancing the Scales
I’m waiting for results of x-rays and blood tests; Bess had a difficult night. My heart thuds dully in my chest. I’m reciting part of a poem by Thich Nhat Hanh as a mantra in order to calm myself: “Breathing in, I calm my body, Breathing out, I smile.” (I’ve managed three of the four; there is no smile.) I know her time is limited, she’s had several “Hail Mary’s” over the past year. I pray for another and contemplate. Although her beginning lot in life was brutal, our five years together have been filled with hilarity, the unexpected, and never, ever dull!
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Bess was my first attempt at fostering a dog. You could say I failed. But you’d be wrong. I hit the jackpot with this girl. It was our first barn hunt together. I had no idea what I was doing. And I didn’t think she did either due to the fact that she failed the rat instinct test.