It’s been days, weeks, months, quarters since I’ve written.
Some of the delay is my Certified Public Accountant profession – tax season is quick but long. Chaos but controlled chaos. Exhausting but thrilling. Everyone thinks it lasts from January to April. Reality – it lasts all year long!
However I do take a few days off the first week of May to give attention to those who have patiently waited for me. Laundry. My bed. My incredibly active but deprived two legged daughters. 3 hour phone call with my best friend. The daughter my parents have missed.
Today a friend shared a post on Facebook from a young woman who took her dog to a place of exchange with a dog trainer. Her dog Ned was supposed to be taken for boarding/training and then returned to her in a far better obedient manner than she presented at the time. That was the last time she saw her dog alive. The ‘trainer’ left the car in a heated car and Ned died of excessive heat related issues.
My heart broke for Ned and Lissie, Ned’s owner. Ned is unexpectedly and unnecessarily dead. Lissie is what I can only assume to be angry, faced with a problem that she struggles to find a solution for, full of sadness, broken hearted, and full of guilt.
I know those feelings – I still live them EVERY. SINGLE. DAY.
More than likely Lissie will hear the following statements –
1. Time will help heal
2. It was an accident
3.Ned would want you to continue to live a happy and healthy life. Get to living it.
I know those statements. They are made by those of your inner circle. The ones that just do not get it. They try to. Try to support. Try to understand. Try to help. Try to be encouraging. Try to convince you that you did nothing wrong.
The reality is –
- Time does NOT heal anything.
- It was not an accident. It was neglect.
- The only thing Ned would want is to be alive. As he should be. As he was intended to be.
- Exposure of the guilty party (you can continue to believe the whole ‘innocent until proven guilty’ theory if you want) is necessary to minimize the chances of this happening again. So for those of you in the midwest, Ned was put into the care of Chris Railsback of Midwest Dog Training at 300 N Derby Ln. in North Sioux City. (866) 582-3647 / (712) 251-9010. Midwestdogtraining.com
I guess you could say I found my inspiration. To write. To share. To feel. To reach out.
Blog of Reality 