[nagdu] Losing Caroline

Shannon Dyer solsticesinger at gmail.com
Mon Feb 25 23:21:26 UTC 2013


You lost Jersey? I had no idea. I'm so sorry. You and I are seriously out of touch. We must remedy this.

Shannon and Ace

On Feb 25, 2013, at 10:40 AM, "Pickrell, Rebecca M (TASC)" <REBECCA.PICKRELL at tasc.com> wrote:

> Yup, Shannon, lots of us have been through this.
> You may also find it helpful to talk with a councelor who shares your speritual beliefs. That helped me greatly when I lost one of my dogs.
> Also give yourself time to process and grieve. Both my daughter and I stayed home the day after we lost Jersey.  I thought we both had stomach bugs, but looking bac, I'm not convinced that's what it was. I think we were just profoundly upset.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Julie McGinnity
> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 12:56 PM
> To: NAGDU Mailing List, the National Association of Guide Dog Users
> Subject: Re: [nagdu] Losing Caroline
> 
> Hi Shannon.  So sorry for your loss.  How horrible this must be.  Hang
> in there...  Hugs...  And I'm around if you want to talk.
> 
> On 2/23/13, Lyn Gwizdak <linda.gwizdak at cox.net> wrote:
>> Shannon, sorry for your loss of Caroline.  It really sucks that she died and
>> 
>> died so relatively young.  But the good part - if there is a good part - is
>> 
>> that she passed on her own and you were spared the decision of putting her
>> down or watching her suffer from some illness.
>> 
>> Take care of yourself and give Ace extra love as he feels the loss as well.
>> 
>> You two can heal together and each other.
>> 
>> Lyn and Landon
>> "Asking who's the man and who's the woman in an LGBT relationship is like
>> asking which chopstick is the fork" - Unknown
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Shannon Dyer" <solsticesinger at gmail.com>
>> To: "the National Association of Guide Dog Users NAGDU Mailing List"
>> <nagdu at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:17 AM
>> Subject: [nagdu] Losing Caroline
>> 
>> 
>> Hi, all.
>> 
>> Caroline, my retired guide, passed away early Wednesday morning. I don't
>> know what happened. Perhaps she had a heart attack, but I'm not really sure.
>> 
>> She was only nine. It's hard for me to believe she's gone.
>> 
>> I'm not dealing with the loss very well. I imagine time will make this
>> easier. It was hard losing my first guide, and losing Caroline has brought
>> that initial loss back full force.
>> 
>> Shannon and Ace
>> 
>> Shannon and Ace
>> Shannon Dyer
>> Alumni Council Member,
>> Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc
>> (r)  and
>> America's VetDogs(r),  The Veteran's K-9 Corps Inc (r)
>> Providing "Second Sight" (r) since 1946
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>> solsticesinger at gmail.com
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> 
> --
> Julie McG
> National Association of Guide dog Users board member,  National
> Federation of the Blind performing arts division secretary,
> Missouri Association of Guide dog Users President,
> and Guiding Eyes for the Blind graduate 2008
> "For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that
> everyone who believes in him may not perish but may have eternal
> life."
> John 3:16
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