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slightlv

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6. I still get notices from my vet clinic about Toby's name being added to the Memorial

Reply to MIButterfly (Original post)

Thu Jul 9, 2026, 05:33 PM

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at the Veterinarian training facility in KC, each year now, for years. It may be an autopilot thing, no doubt... but it does touch my heart to think that someone else, even tangentially remembers him besides me.

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