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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Our Drool Family has been hit with so
much sadness for the last few months</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>that I find myself in tears
everyday. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Gina I am so sorry about your diagnosis
but I truly believe in the power of positive</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>thinking. As a cancer survivor I
know what you are going through. I know the </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>emotional </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT
size=2 face=Antique>pain, the fear </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2
face=Antique>and yes, even the anger that we sometimes don't share with
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>others. Please
</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>don't keep it looked
</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>up inside. Stress takes
away your ability to fight </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>the battle. I use to take a
</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>drive to places
</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>that I loved. Sometimes
it was a remote place </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>in the mountains where I could just
scream </FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>my anger. Other
times it was the rugged </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>c</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2
face=Antique>oast were I imagined myself being the crashing
</FONT></STRONG><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>waves against the land (the
cancer). </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Like the waves I would not give up even
though the battle was so hard. Sometimes</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>those places were just somewhere I could
go to sob my heart out. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Because I was married with two young
children at the time there was just times that</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>I need to get away and cleanse my soul
without having to worry about "being strong"</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>for my family and friends. I can't
tell you how much those little getaways did for me.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique> </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=2 face=Antique>Karen and The Dog House
Gang<BR>Volunteer/Foster for Golden Gate Basset Rescue<BR><A
href="http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/">http://www.ggbassetrescue.org/</A></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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