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My kind of family.. where their dog is a member who deserves every effort to save his life.
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My kind of family.. where their dog is a member who deserves every effort to save his life.
from The Mind of RD REVILO
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Losing Ulla
Ullaās dog Solo
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Ulla. Where do I begin?
When I told someone yesterday my friend died by suicide, adding that we never met face-to-face, I sensed that she didnāt understand the power of a virtual friendship.
Of course thatās not her fault āĀ if you havenāt experienced being friends with an online ākindred spiritā, itās hard to relate to the idea. But I was frustrated all the same because itĀ was a genuine friendship.
How I hate writing that word āwasā.
Ulla was a better friend to me than most of the friends Iāve ever had; hell, she wasĀ there for me during some of my toughest times far more than some of my relatives.
Oh Ulla.
She supported my writing, and ā this was bigā she helped me grieveĀ my fatherās death. SheĀ truly understood what it was like to lose a parent since she had been through it too.
She sentā¦
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An extraordinary tribute to the bond between dogs and their people.
For Alexā¦
My familyās dogs were a big part of my life when I was a little girl. I learned to stand, clutching fistfuls of fur and hauling myself upright against our German Shepherd Nikki, who bore my maulings good naturedly. I created miniature worlds between his paws as I sat and played, marching little animals across his shoulders⦠He also taught me my first adult lessons in grief⦠Returning home from school to find him gone, it broke my heart, but I thank him for his gentle love and guidance. In comparison to myself, my mother has always been a ādog personā. I am primarily a ācat personā but I love dogs too and have had a couple who have co-existed happily alongside my various cats.
Rosie was another notable character from my motherās succession of dogs⦠my first sister dog, she taught my older son how to treatā¦
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