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</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">Terrific two-piece chapter.</font></span></u></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">The ;poem </font><u><font size="3">captures the
emotional/mental conniptions<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">that goes
on in the writer as she ;prepares to leave home to find her new guide dog. <o:p></o:p></font></u></span></b></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><u><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> </span></u><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Chapter22</span></b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Irish
Eyes<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">At this point I haven’t a clue about what the title refers to.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></font><font size="3">I’m reminded of the old song, </font><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><font size="3">Irish Eyes. </font></i></span></u></b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></i></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u>The preamble is very good..<o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">It
might seem that after such a difficult ending to our working life together, I
might have been to heart-sick after losing Phoebe to return for another dog. I
grieved but also picked myself up and prepared to try again. At the end of each
dog-handler relationship, regardless of why the team ends a partnership, it
means beginning again from the very start. The handler must be willing to open
their hearts to a new friend. each of my dogs leaves paw prints on my heart and
carves out a unique space in my life. The reason I refer to my dogs as
successors is that they can never replace the previous dog and there will never
be another Tammy. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">when you get a new dog, is the training
together mostly about developing a new work relationship, while using basically
the same commands? Or do all the dogs respond a littl bit differently?
Intuitive and logically I think I know the answers, but I have no experience to
base my beliefs on. Either way, for the uninitiated , some space devoted to
this issue would be really good. <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">A
Lady In Waiting<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font face="Times New Roman"><font size="3">I
</font><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><font size="3">love the title. I think it has two
meanings. Primarily it refers to the woman handler who is waiting expectantly
and nervously to see who her next partner will be. But the guide dog is also
waiting to get a handler. I guess the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">word</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">‘Lady’ in the title would
only be appropriate if the dog was to be female. <o:p></o:p></font></b></font></span></u></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What
to pack?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sturdy
walking shoes,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Her
favorite dress for pictures.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Raincoat
just in case,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">An
open-heart.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <u>Great stanza.<o:p></o:p></u></font></font></span></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">What
to leave?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Regrets
for what was,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Sorrow
for what has ended.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;">Does that sorrow ever completely leave.</span></u></b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"> I would expect not.<o:p></o:p></span></u></font></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Longing
for the past,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Second
thoughts.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Who
awaits?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Who
will fill the void?<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">She’s
like a mail order bride,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">The<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></font><font size="3">guide is also</font><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><font size="3"> </font></span><font size="3">mail order. The
handler travels to the dog, but the dog goes home with the handler</font></span></u></b><u><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3">.<o:p></o:p></font></span></u></font></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">She’s
full of questions,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">No
answers.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"> <o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Hope-filled
heart,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Anticipation.<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Her
heart struggles to open,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="yiv4103127521msonormal" style="margin: 1em 0in;"><span lang="EN" style="mso-ansi-language: EN;"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">To
begin again,<o:p></o:p></font></font></span></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Wonderful.<o:p></o:p></font></font></u></b></p><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">
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