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I know many of you who follow me on social media and subscribe to my mailing list. Already know this.

I lost Charlie, our cat Charlie. On November 9th,

we let him go after a very quick and sudden and unexpected bout of pancreatitis, which we

actually know now wasn't about. He probably had it for longer than we realized. And in the end,

there was nothing more we could do for him. And it was very shocking and painful, and it still is.

In the end, it was probably pancreatic cancer, and I will be doing a podcast episode on grieving.

I have done one in the past when I lost my cat

Simon and I've talked about Schuster as well and I have been meaning to do another one and frankly

this is one that I will do in honor of Charlie but also because I do know that this is a universal

experience loss. And I am really grateful that the past episode I did on losing Simon, people have

told me that it really helped them through their own grief. And that is so meaningful to me.

So I do plan on doing another episode on grief, but not today.

Today, that is not this day. So thanks for all of your well wishes and sympathy and

kindness and compassion. I know that most of us, if we've had any loved ones, have experienced

loss. So I know I'm not alone.

And I know it's a journey and a process and I'm letting it come.

And it's here.

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