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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Hi Everyone,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Here I am again, the one that hardly ever posts, but I do read the DD everyday as my time allows at work. October 13<sup>th</sup> was one year that I lost my
Maggie. I miss her every day, but particularly last Saturday. When I posted about her death last year, about 50 or so of you guys sent me emails, ecards, etc. I still remember all of that and want to thank all of you who helped me through that difficult
time. This is a great community, brought together because of our love for our bassets. I adopted Cricket from GABR here in
<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:State> in December of last year. I feel that Maggie had her paw in me finding Cricket. She is about a year and a half now and is just the best girl. I am her “person” and we adore each other!!
She is so much fun and makes me laugh all the time. I realize Maggie would never want me to be sad, which I was in an awful state when I lost her. For a while I felt that I would be kind of disrespecting her memory if I got another dog. I waited about 2
months and then decided to rescue someone. Thus my Cricket. I feel Maggie is happy for me. I just felt like I should post and thank you all again for comforting me last year. I feel for each and every one of you that have lost your basset ( and other dogs
as well ), we all know how hard it is, but we are here for each other and that is a great thing!!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">Thanks again.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Arial"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial">TC
<st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Hull</st1:place></st1:City> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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