| After my divorce was final, I found myself | | | | loyal, cuddly friends that will never betray |
| finally dealing with my feelings about the | | | | you. Sine my youngest child was 7 years old |
| divorce. During the divorce I was consumed | | | | at the time, I also had the urge to "baby" |
| with court dates and legal issues and did not | | | | and take care of someone helpless again. |
| have time to mourn the death of my marriage | | | | |
| or deal with the many emotions divorce stirs | | | | I adopted Luigi a 3 month old Maltese, 5 |
| up. | | | | months after my divorce was settled. Luigi is |
| | | | a wonderful, loving, loyal little guy who has |
| Working through all of the different emotions | | | | brought me an enormous amount of joy. He is |
| and feelings of loss,betrayal, anger and | | | | truly my "best friend". He is there for me in |
| disbelief took many months. One emotion I was | | | | good times and bad and I can count on his |
| surprised to feel was loneliness. | | | | love and devotion. |
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| At first I thought that it meant it was time | | | | If you are going through a divorce and feel a |
| to go out and try and meet someone new. Then | | | | sense of sadness and loneliness,you need to |
| I realized that what I really craved was not | | | | work through these emotions. Meeting someone |
| a boyfriend, but attention, love and | | | | and getting serious too soon can be a |
| friendship. | | | | mistake. If what you really crave is love and |
| | | | attention,think about adopting a pet. |
| That was when I decided to get a puppy. After | | | | Ironically once you feel loved and needed |
| all, puppies give you unconditional love. | | | | again, you will naturally attract someone |
| They are thrilled to see you even if you have | | | | into your life will respect and honor you. |
| only been gone for an hour and they are | | | | |