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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I
just wanted to write and thank everyone so much for your beautiful, comforting
words as Stan made his journey to the bridge. I cannot tell you how much
it has helped to have such comforting things written to me during this horrible,
awful time. Thank you so much to everyone for taking the time to do that,
it was much appreciated and needed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
are getting along. Our little girls Gert and Phyllis are pretty depressed
these days and it has been a struggle to get them to eat. I’m not
sure what to do to perk them up. I still have Stan’s bed out, I’m
not sure how long I should do that. Not sure how long to keep his things
around. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Today
is Gert’s 8<sup>th</sup> Birthday! Happy Birthday to her.
Unfortunately, I had to work tonight so my husband is taking her for a walk to
get treats for her very special day.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Today
also marks our “Stan Gotchya Day”…we would have had him for 8
years today. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Wingdings'>L</span><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> I have started
to work on a scrapbook with all of his pictures, a book of his life with
us. Many of you sent poems and quotes to help the hurt not hurt so much
and I am incorporating those into the book, where they fit. Just looking
for things to do, to help us work through this. My husband and I do not
have children so we totally treat our pets as our kids. They are spoiled
rotten and that is how we like it! </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings'>J</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
Loosing Stan, it has been the worst, absolute worst thing I have ever had to go
through. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank
you again to everyone.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>~
Jess (Momma to Gert and Phyllis (and Stan, ATB))<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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