We are the Stuarts (formerly of Imperial) now residing in Okinawa, Japan.

This blog started from a desire to bridge the miles as we were preparing to leave the USA for 3+ years. It has turned into much more. It's part travel diary, part personal reflection, part "sociology of military life" and part mommy-blog. We hope you read something here that is interesting to you (or at least not a total waste of your time).

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

I finally got up the courage...




To donate Brownie's things. A representative from the local American animal rescue came to pick it all up.



Including her kennel. I was beginning to wonder if it would always be in our living room. It just seemed too much effort to remove it.

I was fine while helping her load everything in her van...until I was walking back to the house. Then I fell to pieces and went to my room and had a really good, long cry.

I have to say, I was relieved that when I emailed her to set this up, she didn't try to talk to me about adopting or fostering another dog. I was grateful she just expressed appreciation for the donations and left.

Another step in the process.

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