We're definitely not "over" Lexi's loss, but we are looking ahead to the future. In April we'll be bringing home a new whippet to join our pack -- five month old Viola, Juliet's daughter. We're getting Juliet back in February so we are looking forward to that, but I have to admit that Viola's homecoming is what really has me excited.
We're both going to the American Whippet Club National dog show in Atlanta in April. I'll be traveling down there early in the week and staying with my Mom and our friend Bev along with the dogs. Then Derek is driving over for the weekend, and hopefully will get to see Chippy shown on Thursday. We're very excited to have Amanda Giles of Sporting Fields Whippets as Chippy's handler for the show. I'm working on getting her fit and trim for the shows. I'm also planning to attend some dog shows with Chippy in Greenville, SC in February.
So we're still overcome by grief occasionally, but those moments are growing farther and farther apart. Mostly we are looking ahead to the future and the new whippets who are joining us soon. Life moves on, and you have to move with it.
Jo
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