Good-bye's Not Really Good-bye

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This husband and I…

Had been packing all week…studying the gps…planning the itinerary…doing the one-last-times…and now…the time had come…to say good-bye…

To our cabin buddies…other winter travelers…the deer…the ducks…the resort staff who are…the best of the best…

To that furry friend…who brightens each day…with his antics…his charm…keeps watch each night…making sure we are safe…making sure we’re still there…making sure…no one takes his place…

Best Friend…could tell something was up…pulling away little by little…as totes were packed…clothes were stacked…hiding here and there…giving out…the cold shoulder…

There’s never enough time…when it comes to love…Monty just warming up…that last night stopping for the first time…with an official hello…

There’s never enough time…to prepare the heart for good-bye…for that hole…that feeling of weepy emptiness…

But in that void…there is time to be thankful… for friends of all kind…for the ability to enjoy such grand adventures…and time to be thankful…that good-bye is not really good-bye…

Because hello…will soon…once again…be just around the corner…
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And this husband of mine…agrees…