I started to write this particular post in March but it has been sitting in my draft pile since then waiting for me to decide what I am going to do with it.I decided to post it as is without editing but I also want to say that this will NOT be my last post. I might decide I want to change things around a little but I still feel like I have some things to say and I am just not ready to stop writing just yet. Here is the post.
So lets kick this off by saying that this will be the last post to this blog. My faithful reader might have noticed that postings have become few and far between over the past few months and truthfully I had been wondering for some time if my heart was really in it. However recent events have forced me to dramatically reconsider my writing space here and decide that I just can't come back here every day to write and read and to remember.
Hoover passed away peacefully and comfortably cuddling with me and DC on the couch February 16th. The truth is, in her youth Hoover was never really one for much cuddling but in her last few months as she got older and weaker she seemed to want more human contact. She would lay quite contentedly on the couch nestled in the crook of my arm or just touching the back of my legs. It was as if she finally relaxed and accepted what was happening to her.
These two photographs were the last ones we took of her. Although she looks well at this point she was having difficulty walking or moving and had stopped eating. Curled up in her bed she looks so peaceful and it is comforting for me to know that now she is and always will be.
Rich, I'm very sorry for your loss. You are (still) in my thoughts.
Posted by: Brian | April 29, 2009 at 10:17 AM
Sorry to hear the bad news Rich. Our dog Molly is in a bad way too. I don't think she'll be long with us either.
Posted by: Brian | May 15, 2009 at 10:38 AM
Hi Brian and Brian, Thanks for your kind comments. Brian, I hope Molly goes with the peace that Hoover was able to.
Posted by: Rich | May 25, 2009 at 06:02 PM