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My Prince’s Gift: “Rest: sometimes what we best need is to recharge.” More and more, Prince is either plastered to my side nudging me to pet him or touch him OR he’s nesting away from me. I’m now keeping a comforter on the floor in the laundry room where he retreats to. The brown, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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Category: Hospice, Illness & Injury, Love, Prince, Senior Stories, Woofings Tags: Blaze, CFS, Dachshund, Dachshund Mafia, fear, Laurel Ley, My Prince's Gift, Prince, rest, SolveCFS, stomach cancer, transition, trust
My Prince’s Gift: “Respect, like love, is an action word.” I made an agreement with Prince when this all started that I would respect and honor his choices. I’m fortunate in that he and I are so connected, I easily “hear” what Prince is saying to me. When I’m not listening, he finds other, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Embrace the quiet.” I’ve been of the higher energy, active ilk most of my life. I was running at age nine months even. Quiet has not been my “friend” much of my life; I’m learning how to be friends with it now. Another gift from Prince since I’ve never made peace, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Go with the flow.” Today was generally a good day, as a couple of different friends asked me tonight. I find it odd that my life seems to be mostly about how mostly Prince and Blaze do on a particular day. I am fortunate in that I am home with them,, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Face reality.” I wasn’t ready to write more on “Face reality” last night. I could give myself a hard time about it; or I could just accept it. Some of it’s because I suspect I’m going to cry; and I haven’t done much of that in weeks and weeks. Frankly, I’ve, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Be grateful”. I didn’t quite get to our post for last night as I got seduced and lured into snuggling with the yummiest guy … well, it may have been guys and a girl. Nonetheless, pups needed mommy’s undivided attention. Each time I went to type “Be grateful” .. I typed, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Love comes in all forms”. I like the saying about how “love is an action verb” or more than just words. The concept which I am learning to embody, thanks to Prince is that “love is words and actions”; hence, all forms. In one day, I’ve experienced … it’s about trusting, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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Category: Hospice, Illness & Injury, Love, Prince, Senior Stories, Woofings Tags: Blaze, Celt, Dachshund, Dachshund Mafia, death, dog, dying, hospice, Laurel Ley, Missy, My Prince's Gift, Obie, Prince, senior, trust
My Prince’s Gift: “Enjoy the small things”. Today was completely different than yesterday. I was gone for six hours, and I felt like I imagine perhaps new mothers may feel when they leave their newborn for the first time. This is the longest I’ve been away from Prince’s and Blaze’s sides for weeks. Mommy, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: “Be where you are.” Today was a rough day. It started out waking up early with Blaze possibly having had a mini-stroke or seizure or he had managed to get to the other side of the bed and was having a dream; he had peed in bed. Usually he sleeps RIGHT, ~ LEARN MORE ~
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My Prince’s Gift: Today was a reminder to be gentle with oneself. It’s been a rough and busy few days. More tomorrow on it as Prince is calling me to bed, as he lulled me into a nap today by lying on my chest and insisting we sleep.
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