Prosperous Project Management: The Morning After

Prosperous Project Management

Tips, techniques and pragmatic strategies for excellent Project Managers, Toastmasters and high personal achievers. Wayne Botha is a rare Project Manager, with passion for achieving results through Project Management, while improving inter-personal relationships, and developing Project Managers in the process. Wayne is a faculty member at Toastmsters Leadership Institute and Axia college of University of Phoenix.

Sunday, December 23, 2007

The Morning After

The house is quiet this morning. It feels so peaceful. The long nights from the Winter Solstice urged us to all sleep late.

The quiet cannot mask the emptiness in our lives. We awoke to silence. No more pitter-patter of little paws. No more unconditional love. This is our first morning without Freddy.

Yesterday we left Freddy at the boarding kennels because we leave for Disney World early tomorrow and the kennels are closed on Sunday. My son was in tears when the reality sunk in - a week without Freddy.

Our lives are missing more than 22 pounds of tail-wagging companionship. A disproportionate sadness has descended over our home as we think about how Freddy is doing. We become so attached to our pets that they feel part of the family.

Freddy is the easiest pet I have encountered. He has the patience of Job and the love of Mother Theresa. He even dressed up for Halloween in the photo above. Freddy gladly sits and puts up his paw for a doggy treat.

We are packing for the trip today and looking forward into a new adventure. This is a milestone as we create new lives in the USA - our first domestic plane trip as a family.

Labels: DisneyWorld 2007, Freddy

1 Comments:

At December 24, 2007 4:39 PM , Dan Weedin said...

I know how you feel. This is our first Christmas since 1991 without our beloved dog Blondie. Blondie passed away right before Thanksgiving. We still have one other dog, but it is very strange not to have her around. Pets are very definitely an important part of our lives.

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Name: Wayne Botha

Location: South Windsor, Connecticut, United States

Wayne Botha is one of those rare people who can say he is a project manager, author and speaker and mean it. He is a past Area Governor for Toastmasters International and an enthusiastic Toastmaster. Wayne is a faculty member of Toastmasters Leadership Institute and has trained audiences in South Africa, Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and the USA. With an MBA in eCommerce, and a PMP certification, Wayne is sought out to speak at Toastmasters and Project Management conferences. Wayne's colleagues and friends often tease him about his South African accent.