About this episode

Lee shares the emotional journey of loving Shadow, a service dog with a limited time to live, and the grief experienced before saying goodbye.

Send us Fan Mail Shadow + Lee "I grieved so intensely for that first half a year or so." That's Lee, about Shadow, a service dog who was given less than a month to live... and is still here three years later. 💛 Because sometimes the hardest grief is the one we carry before we ever have to say goodbye. Support the show

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Guest: Lee

Topics covered

• grief
• service dogs
• love
• uncertainty
• loss

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Books & works: Shadow

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