There are some things in life that effect you so much that things cease to progress for a period of time. They can be at work where maybe someone missed a part or something was engineered wrong and the whole job comes to a stand still for quite some time. In your personal life they can be physically crippling or emotionaly devistating. I call these things show stoppers.
My 8 year old lab Amiah had a tumor on her throat and it has been growing in spurts on and off for the last year and a half. My wife and I had both decided that when she gave us that look then we knew it would be time and we would let her go before she was no longer happy and in pain. I was not here which I will never forgive myself for, while I was in Alaska last week my wife had to put down my best friend.
She was older than 2 of my 3 kids so they went through infantcy climbing all over her and pulling on her lips and ears. For 6 years I hunted her about 60 days a year and have no idea how many hours we spent in a blind together have no idea how many ducks and honkers she brought to me. I do know that no matter if the birds weren't flying or if I was just going to work for the day she wanted to be with me.
I did pretty well with the whole thing while up fishing, but I didn't do so well when I got home yesterday. Last night I found my 7 year old sitting on her dog bed with tears streaming down her face. Next my 5 year old came up to me holding her chew toy that she had found in the yard, again with tears streaming down her face.
God bless my Vet who is a hunting partner for making it as easy on my wife as possible. He said a prayer for her and told her to go fetch birds somewhere else.
This is a major show stopper.
My god I hope I never loose an actual person that's close to me, I may not survive. I can hardly even write this and no way in hell can I talk about it.
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