I’m back from vacation looking forward to getting back into my routine and doing all those things I do post-vacation. But something is missing. Before we left I made the hardest decision I’ve made in my life to date. My 17-year old Jack Russell, who everyone close to me knows as Cooper Beans, the man I have been with the longer than anyone, my most loyal companion, my shadow for 17 years was not here. He was not in the…