Heard from the vet and she can come today at 1 pm or tomorrow at 4:30. We opted for today. Sarah and I are about to leave with him so that he can “take sister to school” one last time.  (Which has been the highlight of his day for many years.) Of course, he’s not going to understand why she doesn’t actually get out of…

Since this blog is good therapy for you me right now (and since Snowy is sleeping beside me and I don’t want to do anything to disturb him) I just wanted to check in with you briefly to say that he slept well and is the most comfortable today that I have seen him in over a week.  We upped all of his (already) heavy…

A little later on, I’ll finish telling you the rest of the Tea Party Story. For tonight though, the tale I have to tell doesn’t have such a happy ending because it is a tale about being heartrendingly close to the end of our days with Snowy. Within the next 24-36 hours, the vet will come to our home and send Snowy off on his…

  When Sarah told Taylor and Hope that she wanted to celebrate her 17th  birthday with a Tea Party, she mentioned the word “vintage” when the conversation turned to what everyone was going to wear. I’m not exactly sure what Sarah had in mind when she said that particular word, but it was great fun to see how it was interpreted by her lovely, creative…