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In

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June of 2023,

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I suddenly lost my mom,

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um,

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which of course is very sad,

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but you know,

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she was the best and I love her very much.

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You know,

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then,

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so in January of the next year,

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I find these puppies and then

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a few months goes by and I fostered like already probably,

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I don't know,

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10 or 12 pup,

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you know,

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dogs and,

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and

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I,

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uh,

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by October of that year,

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I was asked to join the board of Maeday and

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When all this happened so quick and everyone

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kept saying it's so cool you're doing that and

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wow,

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and I think everyone around me knew that,

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you know,

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it was something I just needed in my life and I didn't really,

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like I said,

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I didn't seek it.

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It just kind of happened and

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um,

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you know,

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looking back on it,

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it

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has helped me so much.

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I think just I had

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this love that and I needed to put somewhere and

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was going through a lot and,

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you know,

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just working through grief and that's just a part of life,

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you know,

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and

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You never move on from that.

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My name is Melody.

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I foster dogs and I volunteer with a

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local rescue in Los Angeles called Maeday Rescue,

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and I'm also on the board.

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4,5,6,7,8,9,

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10.

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14,17.

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I was right.

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Yeah,

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so in the last year and a half,

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I've fostered 17 dogs.