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Pets/Letters
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On Sunday, June
8 at 12:45 pm, I had to put my sweet
Maggie to rest. She was 15 years old,
but I thought we'd have several more
years together. Hers was a peaceful
death as I'd prayed it would be. I
held her in my arms even at the very
end. My heart broke. My husband and
I took Maggie home from the vet's
and had a service for her. Then we
buried her close to our house in a
wooden box my husband made for her.
My heart continues to break, and I
suspect I'll feel this way for a long
time. I think her sister Coco is grieving
as well. I'm glad Coco and I still
have each other and hope we will for
years to come.
Patti
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Dear Maggie and Coco,
What wonderful teachers
you are. You show me how important it
is to stop running around and just find
a spot in the sun to sit and do nothing.
Maggie, you teach me to be cautious
about befriending everyone and everything.
To be sure that what I accept will treat
me gently and carefully. Coco, you on
the other hand, teach me how important
it is to trust people. To sit quietly
with someone and not have to talk or
do anything but just be present to them.
Watching you, talking
to you, petting you is such a gift.
It gives me peace and reminds me that
just “being” is more important
than always “doing.”
Thank you my little
friends for all the lessons you teach
me whenever I am with you.
Much love,
Jeanne
Jeanne
F., Albany, NY
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About the Author
Patricia Carte became an experienced
publishing professional while working at McGraw-Hill
in New York City for eighteen years. After
leaving McGraw and the New York City area,
Patricia decided to begin pursuing some of
the personal and professional goals she’d
been thinking about for years.
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