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Barely conscious, he kept whispering one name: \u201cMurphy\u2026 Murphy\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
We thought it was a person\u2014until he said, \u201cMy good boy. I miss my nice boy.\u201d<\/em> The moment Murphy entered, Walter opened his eyes for the first time that day. Later, Walter told me the story: I posted the story anonymously. Days later, a message came: \u201cI think I\u2019m Lizzie.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n She visited with her daughter. \u201cMr. W?\u201d she said softly. Walter smiled: \u201cYou found her.\u201d<\/p>\n They reconnected. She visited daily, then invited him to live on her property. Murphy got a yard. Walter got peace. He lived another year and a half\u2014safe and loved.<\/p>\n At his funeral, Lizzie said: In her garden, she placed a stone: Barely conscious, he kept whispering one name: \u201cMurphy\u2026 Murphy\u2026\u201d We thought it was a person\u2014until he said, \u201cMy good boy. I miss my nice boy.\u201dMurphy was his dog\u2014a 13-year-old golden retriever. With special permission, we brought him in. The moment Murphy entered, Walter opened his eyes for the first time that day.\u201cMurphy\u2026 did …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5601,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5600"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5602,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5600\/revisions\/5602"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5601"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifevibesever.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Murphy was his dog\u2014a 13-year-old golden retriever. With special permission, we brought him in.<\/p>\n
\u201cMurphy\u2026 did you find her?\u201d he whispered.<\/p>\n
Years ago, his teenage neighbor Lizzie went missing. Everyone gave up\u2014except Walter and Murphy. One morning, Murphy barked at a hilltop. Lizzie was there\u2014barely alive. They saved her.<\/p>\n
\u201cWalter believed in me. And Murphy\u2026 he found me. Twice.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n
Murphy \u2013 Guardian Angel. Good boy forever.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"