Filed under: friends, life, love | Tags: friends, grief, laughter, life, loss, love
i am a crier. and when i cry, i cry hard. but i am also a laugher. and i laugh every day, whether i’m with someone or by myself.
last night i cried with friends. we said good bye to someone we loved at 11:59. this morning i went to breakfast with my best friend and we discussed his plan for moving ahead without her. she’s been sick for over 16 years, the recent years very sick and needing his care.
we talked about her life, her passing, his future, what the week would look like in regards to funerals, obituary, etc. then he spent over 100 dollars at the book store, got toilet paper at target, then we headed home.
and saw this….
he was on the opposite side of the street, slowling rolling along. i couldn’t get my camera in time, plus he was too far away. and wouldn’t you know it, but d. makes a u-turn and heads back after the intersection so i could get a snap. but the jester had turned left. the intersection was full, but d. managed a quick right, then, a couple blocks up, flipped another u-turn as i said, “you’re a blogger at heart.” right as i leaned out to snap the shot, this funny man smiled and waved.
and d. laughed. loudly.
where’s he going? perhaps to see the king. clearly jesting is not an overly lucrative business, as he doesn’t seem to own a car.
but, he’s doing a good job. i didn’t think i would hear such a great sound today; the sound of laughter. we’ve decided that, in the near future, we may do something random that might make someone who is going through a tough time have a big laugh.
Filed under: animals, dogs, family, friends, life, love, pet loss, pets, photography | Tags: animals, bereavement, dogs, family, grief, loss, love, pet loss, pets
hi everyone. i hadn’t even finished typing “update” before i started crying. i hate so much to inform you that mindy has passed away. so many of you have kept her in your thoughts and prayers and have offered encouraging words to her family, and for that i know they appreciate it.
she was diagnosed with severe kidney damage due to the chicken strips from costco (which are still on the shelves even though they have harmed many dogs already) over a month ago. initially she was very sick, but she responded well to her holistic treatments, was eating, playing, instigating doggie trouble. i was caught off guard yesterday. i thought she was going to make it.
her family cherished her these past few weeks and her remaining time was actually joyous and full of love and expensive dog treats! and as r says, every day with her was a blessing.
i took this picture several weeks ago,…the day after the e.r. doctors told r and a that she only had a couple days to live and should be euthanized. But within days of her holistic treatments she improved. r and a could just tell she was a fighter and wanted to be here, to stay with her family.
there is nothing like losing a dog. i hate that two people i love are going through this mess of feelings. if it weren’t for our mutual love of dogs, i never would have met these two fun, brilliant and loving people. and i am so honored to be their friend, and honored that they let me participate in their family activities these past few months.
mindy’s pack consisted of r and a, hoju, kodos, barnie and maggie. oh…and blinky, the family chinchilla. blinky was mindy’s little buddy. she spent hours each day laying down outside his cage with her face right next to him. on her last day here, the day she lost her vision, she stared intently into blinky’s cage….even though she couldn’t see him. she wanted to stay with her chinchilla.
one of her favorite activities was waking up and and instigating a growly, howly, barky alarm clock….really early in the morning.
….and she knew she was loved.
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