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Olivia Hawkins
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Okay I’m a wreck over this book.
“But I wanted an older dog. Partly this was selfless. (I knew it was harder for these dogs to get adopted.) Partly it was entirely selfish. (I thought maybe it would break my heart less when the time came to say goodbye.)”
“I felt her leave and instead of it feeling like there was a hole inside of me it felt like I was inside of a hole.”
— May 16, 2026 08:22AM
“But I wanted an older dog. Partly this was selfless. (I knew it was harder for these dogs to get adopted.) Partly it was entirely selfish. (I thought maybe it would break my heart less when the time came to say goodbye.)”
“I felt her leave and instead of it feeling like there was a hole inside of me it felt like I was inside of a hole.”
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