{"id":10246,"date":"2025-06-27T23:47:23","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T23:47:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=10246"},"modified":"2025-06-27T23:47:23","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T23:47:23","slug":"i-took-the-train-to-clear-my-head-and-sat-across-from-a-dog-who-knew-too-much-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/?p=10246","title":{"rendered":"I TOOK THE TRAIN TO CLEAR MY HEAD\u2014AND SAT ACROSS FROM A DOG WHO KNEW TOO MUCH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, Healing Starts with a Dog<\/p>\n<p>I wasn\u2019t supposed to be on that train. After crying for hours outside my ex\u2019s apartment, I grabbed the first ticket I could find. I needed air. Distance. Something to remind me I was still alive.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I saw him\u2014a golden retriever sitting upright like a passenger. His eyes met mine with surprising depth, like he knew. Moments later, he gently placed his head on my knee. His owner, Sam, was shocked: \u201cBuddy doesn\u2019t usually do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Somehow, I found myself telling Buddy everything\u2014my heartbreak, regret, and how I\u2019d lost myself in a toxic relationship. When the train arrived\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sometimes, Healing Starts with a Dog I wasn\u2019t supposed to be on that train. After crying for hours outside my ex\u2019s apartment, I grabbed the first ticket&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10246"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10248,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10246\/revisions\/10248"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedailyglow.fun\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}