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Every journey is an adventure of discovery, or at least one can hope the discovery occurs,<\/p>\n

So it is with the trek I have taken with Toby the Puppy. We have ventured to California. We’re heading farther west to the Pacific Ocean in just a little while. I declared my intention for this trip to “clear my head and mend my heart.”<\/p>\n

My noggin is clearing a little bit each day. The heart? It remains shattered by the loss of my bride, Kathy Anne. However, I am detecting a bit of mending is starting to close — just a tiny bit — some of the wounds that were inflicted on my ticker.<\/p>\n

I spoke with one of my closest friends on Earth today; indeed, I intend to see him very soon. He lost his bride to cancer not many years ago, so he knows the nature of my suffering.<\/p>\n

He said that “it’s good always to keep looking forward as you move on, but you’ll always glance at the rearview mirror as you keep moving.” Yes. I am doing a good bit of rearward glancing these days.<\/p>\n

But I also am finding out that writing about this journey, as I am doing at this moment, does provide some relief from the pain — in the moment.<\/em> Once I stop typing, well, then it comes back.<\/p>\n

But it’s not hurting as much<\/em> as it did in the immediate aftermath of the worst day of my life.<\/p>\n

I only can conclude that the therapeutic nature of his trek is producing the desired effect. I will count that as a success.<\/p>\n

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