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How the Right Words Can Steer You Through Tough Times: Small Moments of Simple Serendipity

Scott Stavrou
4 min readJan 14, 2018

When dog is your co-pilot, sometimes the little things leave a big impact…

Sullivan, the Wonder-Dog (named after Richard Russo’s protagonist in “Nobody’s Fool)

My wife, myself, and Sully, the world’s greatest dog, had been living in Prague.

We were blessed in many ways: we had our youth, our own business, I had just signed a representation contract with one of the top literary agents in New York and my novel was being rather fervently fought over.

We had moved back to the picturesque city of Prague where we’d met some years before. This time to live more permanently. And with the third member of our tribe.

Prague, pictured from Letna, Sully’s second favorite park

We had a beautiful apartment in a restored baroque building that nestled up against the sprawling tree-lined hills of Prague’s Stromovka Park, which was ideal for long walks with Sully.

Sully poses for his sculpture

All was well with our little world. Right up until it wasn’t when I was diagnosed with Grave’s Disease and required a series of surgeries that necessitated…

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Scott Stavrou
Scott Stavrou

Written by Scott Stavrou

Writer (Losing Venice, a novel) & Writing Coach | American abroad | PEN Hemingway Award | ScottStavrou.com | http://bit.ly/LosingVenice

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