There is a Cycle

Posting to
SATURDAY'S CRITTERS

Pardon my silence this week,
but my heart and soul is processing another deep loss.
(and my laptop decided to call it a day too. Is there a rainbow bridge for computers too?)

Comforting words and flowers from my daughter.
There is a cycle
to life
and death
that shapes
the lives 
of those
who keep
the company
of dogs.
(and cats)


Only we know what a small price 
we pay for the love we have received
from our pets.  The sadness and loss,
no matter how powerful it may be,
is an insufficient measure of the joy
we have been given.



We were a three dog household.

Now we have only two dogs that 

I'm sure are still

wondering where their sister went.

When is she coming home again?

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose;
 all that we love deeply, becomes a part of us."
Helen Keller

Looking like a princess after a day with the groomer.

Now Allie can take comfort with our beloved Lady again.

"Sometimes the best way to help someone,
 is to just be near them."

Allie always stuck close to me before she went blind, and that doubled after. She'd always keep nosing me, I was her ground support.

The kitchen begging crew are short one now.

She'd follow our voices!Always being underfoot, 
wanting to be a part of what was happening,
even if she was being ignored
and it's so empty without her.

"Until one has loved an animal, 

a part of one's soul has remained

unawakened."

Anatole France