{"id":16358,"date":"2013-06-05T11:40:56","date_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/?p=16358"},"modified":"2013-06-05T11:43:50","modified_gmt":"2013-06-05T18:43:50","slug":"bidding-farewell-to-brave-odysseus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bloodhoundrealty.com\/BloodhoundBlog\/16358\/bidding-farewell-to-brave-odysseus\/","title":{"rendered":"Bidding farewell to brave Odysseus&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_SebSHBfl_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a dread we&#8217;ve learned to live with. I wrote about this day in fiction a couple of months ago so I would have the choice not to write about the facts today. I can make death beautiful &#8212; big deal. Nothing can make death tolerable, nothing but time.<\/p>\n<p>But: He died as he lived, game and eager, his face alight with love for everything. Cathleen was there to hold him and his favorite vet, Doctor Blackwell, was there to say goodbye and I was there to make fun of the most adorable big dumb doofus I ever knew and he left this life with a smile on his face.<\/p>\n<p>One last time: &#8220;Lay down, Puppy. Go to sleep&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a dread we&#8217;ve learned to live with. I wrote about this day in fiction a couple of months ago so I would have the choice not to write about the facts today. I can make death beautiful &#8212; big deal. Nothing can make death tolerable, nothing but time. 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