getting back to work

A week ago today, I didn't even know my overgrown puppy, Otie, was ill.  I lost him two days ago to cancer.  He showed signs something was terribly wrong only days before he died.

I will miss him always.  He was my shadow.  My motivator.  My buddy.  I have been devastated by is loss.  The smartest, sweetest, 

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and gentlest 90 lb. lap dog and snuggle buddy there ever was, and I thank God for the time he entrusted me with this loving creature.

But, I have work to do.  I have AHAF chapters to coordinate, NADE and AAHA info to review, a class to finish, meetings to prepare for, demonstrations to conduct, three separate Powerpoint presentations to create and an article to write. 

Its just really, really hard to get back into it all.

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