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exercise and potty breaks. Each day I got up was a new challenge in moving forward.

As the time dragged on, Lucy's patience with me and companionship forced me to learn life without my brother was going to be OK. When I needed to cry she listened with full attention, when I needed to sit on the couch and sleep she slept with me. When I needed to laugh she grabbed her toys and put on a show. Never have I encountered an animal with more intuition into my own heart and mind. She knew me from day one.

So few people knew how to help me move through that pain and I didn't know how to let them. But Lucy did, she could sense what I needed and without me even knowing she pulled me through the deepest depression and the hardest moments of life after death that anyone could ever imagine. Without her I am sure I would have followed in my brother's footsteps. And even now, just a short year and a three quarters later when I have my off moments she is still right beside me. She is happy to hop in the car and run errands so that I am not alone. She greets me with her excited face every day after work.

She and I have a bond that is crystal clear when she comes to me and lays her head on my heart, I wrap my arms around her and we "hold each other" as if she were human. I know some could call this a projection of human emotion onto the dog. But I challenge you to find a symbiotic companionship with a dog. When you do you will know what I'm writing about. There is a vibe, an energy, a spirit that each animal; human, canine or otherwise possess and it is how we can learn to read one another. Lucy taught me the mechanics of this fine art and helped me survive my own destruction.

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