As the train slowed to a stop, the dog finally lifted his head from my leg, gave me one gentle lick on the hand, and returned to his seat without a sound. I wiped my eyes, feeling lighter somehow \u2014 like something had shifted in me, even if just a little.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I stood up to grab my bag, and that\u2019s when his owner looked at me with a strangely calm expression and said:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe only does that when someone really needs it. You\u2019re not the first.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n I blinked, not sure what to say.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Then he added, almost as an afterthought, The train doors slid open. Passengers began shuffling off. I hesitated for a second before stepping into the aisle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThank you,\u201d I said\u2014not sure if I was thanking the man, or the dog, or the universe itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The dog gave me one last look. A knowing look. Like, You\u2019ll be okay. Just keep going.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n And I did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I walked off that train not completely healed, not entirely sure of anything\u2014but finally ready to begin again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As the train slowed to a stop, the dog finally lifted his head from my leg, gave me one gentle lick on the hand, and returned to… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52\/revisions\/53"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/12"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/latestnewsfeed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\u201cHe\u2019s trained as a grief therapy dog\u2026 but he\u2019s retired now. He chooses who to help.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n