There is no easy way to say this so I might as well just spit it out! Eve is off to college on Monday, January 23, 2012. I received that email we all dread and all I read was that I needed to bring Eve in on Jan 23. I instantly burst into tears and couldn't even finish reading the email. I shut down my blackberry as I stood in the park all alone in the pouring rain with Eve and cried. She looked up at me as if to say "What the hell is wrong with you!?" But I'm ok now! I'm so proud of her and I am so pleased she is heading off to advanced training.
Eve has changed me. She has taught me to be a better person, to be kind and to help our fellow human beings. My charity work does not end with Eve, in fact it is just beginning. I have felt no greater satisfaction then the role I have played to assist someone who is blind or who has autism. Eve is playing a bigger role in life and I can't wait to meet the special someone whose life she is going to change. How unbelievably special and gratifying that is!
I love this puppy and I'm going to miss her deeply. I have had some chats with her and she is prepared for college. She promises to listen to her instructors and to work as hard as she can. She tells me she loves me every day when she just has to touch me and cuddle with me. Sometimes I will just be working away and she will climb up on my lap. I look down from my bed as I write this and see my little baby sleeping away and know that in just a couple short weeks there is going to be a big void in that spot.
We went to the dog park today, like we do most days. I'm sure her friends are going to miss her there - Buttercup the Newfoundlander, Chloe & Kiera the Pitbulls, Moshi and Lily the Hounds, Luke & Titan the Chocolate Labs, Winston & Hank the tank Bulldogs, Stanley the bully Golden Retriever, Caesar the German Shepherd, Oliver the Boxer, Winston the Spaniel, Butter & Jambon & George the French Bulldogs, Duke the Great Dane, Tony the Pinscher, Precious the Rottweiler, Pickle the Pug, Luca, Moe, Chloe the Leonberger, Dougal the Golden Doodle, Tucker the Pug, CJ & Benson, the Golden Retrievers, Kobe the Golden Retriever and so many many more we have met along the way. And especially her best friend CODY who has showed Eve what it takes to be a guide dog...so hopefully she will be a step above the rest! Eve will miss them all but particularly their owners who she perhaps loves more than the dogs themselves!
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