Second Blog about Bodhi:   7/25/13

     I will be jumping around a bit in my full story of the days i spend searching for Bodhisattva. He is still missing and midday yesterday i decided to set up a fund raiser and bring a professional dog tracker for Nebraska, Karin TarQwyn. She is driving to the West shore of Michigan right now and will be tracking her with the use of her dogs.

     Today, i want to share how difficult it was to leave Lake Michigan and come home to Detroit. I returned Tuesday morning around 2 am and have been getting about 3 to 4 hours of sleep per day. I left because i felt like i exhausted every physical option in Grand Haven searching for Bodhi. Today is Thursday morning and i still cannot go home. It is to difficult to sleep in the same bed Bodhi and i shared.  Ive been staying at coffee shops, sleeping at my office, stayed at a close friends last night and ive been trying to work to cover the cost of this operation. Over the last 12 months, i was working my ass off to get on The Center for Yoga's schedule as a Yoga teacher and this week marked my start of scheduled classes. Tuesday morning after 3 hours of sleep, i taught my first class. Afterwards, i spent the rest of the day at Starbucks returning calls, following leads, posting on facebook and analyzing a video of a floating animal that was seen off shore 3 miles outside of Grand Haven that some local fisherman caught on video. The video is very inconclusive. That day was very difficult to be back and the thoughts of that animal being my dog plagued me. Tuesday evening, i worked for 3 hours and fell asleep around 3 to wake up at 7. Wednesday, woke up with horrible anxiety. Taught a regular scheduled class at 9:45 and went directly back to Starbucks. This time, i had some close friends reach out and ask me if i talked to Karin TarQwyn the famous dog tracker. At first i was resistant because i knew the cost was considerably expensive. Since my return from Thailand in February, i traveled twice for work and realized i had to stop working on the road to be close to Bodhi because of his senior needs. My travel work is the main source of my income and without travel and taking care of Bodhi non stop with no help, i also had to cut back on my body work sessions here. My income was now at an all time low and i was eating up my savings. So when this first idea of  Karin was brought up to me, i thought it was not even an option. The other part of this is that when it was suggested i start a fund raiser, again i thought no way because it is out of my comfort zone to ask others to help me.

    My friend Sarah asked me on Wednesday asked me if i talked to Karin. I picked up the phone and talked to Karin for almost 45 minutes, making sure that we covered every possible basis. She watched the video and also found it inconclusive. We talked about so much in that 45 minutes and i told her  would call her back in a little while. Her time is very valuable and she wanted to be certain that i needed her. We both decided it would be a huge help to bring in her team. I sat down in front of my laptop, began chatting/texting with close friends about the idea. They all rally behind me and started sending me fund raiser info. 3 people also stated they would foot the cost of Karin TarQwyn up front until i raised the funds. Amazed! The generosity, integrity, loving kindness of the people around me has astounded me. I am grateful beyond and words for all the amazing people in my life.

     20 minutes later, i called Karin and told her lets find my dog. Sent her a contract, my friend sent her money and im meeting her in Grand Haven tomorrow. Whatever the outcome may be, im in hope of some answers about Bodhi's disappearing act. My car is still packed from last week and i will be heading back to the west shores of Lake Michigan this afternoon. We will be setting up shop tomorrow morning next to the address he was lost. I will be blogging and posting on facebook all about it.

     I am hopeful for a miraculous outcome and will accept any outcome of tomorrow. Sending love to Bodhi, my friends, my family, everyone who has donated, everyone who has rallied behind my efforts and all that have helped in anyway possible. Gratitude & Love ... See you soon Bodhi

     I have copied and pasted the link below to donate. As of 11:50 am today, we are at $1335 and need to raise $1165 more. Any amount of a donation is greatly appreciated. Thank you for all your help. It means the world to me and my fur kid :)

http://www.youcaring.com/pet-expenses/bring-bodhi-home/74814