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Hi Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my phone call. I appreciate it. You're very welcome.

I was wondering if you can please give me advice on how I can move forward.

I just recently had to put my hand on the phone. I do not know what the phrase move forward means.

I really don't. Because whatever it is that you're going to tell me happened, you still want to

sleep, got up, ate, went to the bathroom, did work, talked to people. You already have been moving

forward by being alive every day. So that's not really a question. Try it again.

I was wondering if you can give me advice on how to understand the grieving process with losing a

pet. I don't give lectures, but if you lose a pet, you lose something you had and very warm,

loving interaction with whether it was a bird, a dog, a cat. I kind of think it's weird if you

got close to your snake, but okay. If I kicked you hard in the shin,

what would happen for the next hour? I would be in pain. And then what?

It would hurt. How would you move forward?

You're afraid. How do you move forward from me kicking you hard? And it's swollen and it hurts.

You're in pain. Pain is a natural response to me kicking you in the shin.

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