Fragments
I’m not one to think everything happens for a reason, that things align through time to lead one to an
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pet loss
Chartiers Custom Pet Cremation 2019 Tribute Scroll
Every year Deb Chebatoris encourages Pet Memorial Sunday participants to provide photos of their pets and a written tribute of
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Adopting Again After Losing a Pet: Why and How We Adopt Again
I WILL SPEAK TODAY on the topic of “Adopting Again After Loss”, one of three speakers at the 2019 Pet
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Once You Were a Stranger
Once you were a stranger who filled my hand. Now you are a memory who fills my heart. Remembering Lucy.
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From the Archives: Lucy’s Mom in the Garden, July 10, 2007
I know that one of my daughters lived here because I saw her at the window and talked to her
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From the Archives: Namir’s Bedroom Eyes
Namir turns his gaze up to me, enchanting me with his “bedroom eyes” as we spend a morning in the
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Felines and Flowers Keepsakes for Memories
I posted the other day about my latest keepsake boxes and finally had the chance to photograph them and get
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In the Language of Flowers
The bleeding hearts never cease to amaze me—such exotic and fragile looking flowers, and yet their leaves are up sometimes
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Allegro’s Garden
The crocuses have finished and now it’s time for the color show of the yellow daffodils and blue squills; a
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Little Fawn, Just Before, 1988
I lost my “yittle Fawn” 20 years ago this past week, and I’m remembering her with this special moment in
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