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“Life goes on”…

When I was a disgruntled teenager, I remember my dad answering my complaints with the quote, “Life is full of heartache, sorry and disappointment.” Not what a teenager wanted to hear.

Now that I am middle-aged, I sometimes think about my dad and that quote. “Yep”, I think. “It is true.” But I have come to recognize that heartache, sorry and disappointment are the life experiences that also make the little moments of joy and happiness so sweet.

We have a quiet week adjusting to the new normal without Lucy. As sad as we are, we smile at the little moments:

- Whistle happily chasing sticks and waves on the beach

- Horses training at full gallop on the beach at low tide

- The joy of a donkey having his forehead and cowlick brushed

- Happening upon a sea lion resting in the dunes

- Watching Hoti let Travis do all the work of extracting oats from a rolling ball

- Donkeys bobbing for apples

- Chooks enjoying a sunny day

- Going a new direction and as far as we can on the beach

- Whistle napping next to Tim on the couch

- Travis curling into a fetal position on the ground before going belly up

- Hoti laughing

- Hot tubbing on a cold day and naked at night under amazing starry skies

- Whiskey and chocolate

- Chocolate and whiskey