tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-154396082024-03-16T15:02:57.157-04:00MANX MNEWSANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.comBlogger6230125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-91197039739786784402024-02-11T15:20:00.002-05:002024-02-11T15:21:52.019-05:00A Decade Later<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62Gggm4bR7N5b4WmfteSR_8DfQw5kIRLBMxECCvX4G7vr5yluRtbUraLI94cNBptH0ljqQQgqmbZWIWG1IqFLPMKZb4QsNNOce1S_suph2fOzGLwRhcEdDhZRIk-uTNcmYm1eIdwZsqwMOblHKHr4efX_7eQfWHADih6xYXIK1OG7PIerpbJO/s800/DSC_0215acb.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="800" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62Gggm4bR7N5b4WmfteSR_8DfQw5kIRLBMxECCvX4G7vr5yluRtbUraLI94cNBptH0ljqQQgqmbZWIWG1IqFLPMKZb4QsNNOce1S_suph2fOzGLwRhcEdDhZRIk-uTNcmYm1eIdwZsqwMOblHKHr4efX_7eQfWHADih6xYXIK1OG7PIerpbJO/s320/DSC_0215acb.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today, I remember you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I remember this day, from 10 years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">10</span></b> years!?!?!?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSw57u6e4-EHB1aKU6ETclehUv6Ov4WmWgUk8V_1hA_OD3fXg0iROm_o8Ar1EteCw4wUHP5rMPuCw4Sk18JK0DAwEW7oSKR18WaG8kMHN52hakOCoBrlMa_h01z28hSyUBgkKxCtjKU1HzlOAUCNGkcZi-Pu8tMetBpal_caDWOixcraIpvxY/s800/gracieeyes-001.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdSw57u6e4-EHB1aKU6ETclehUv6Ov4WmWgUk8V_1hA_OD3fXg0iROm_o8Ar1EteCw4wUHP5rMPuCw4Sk18JK0DAwEW7oSKR18WaG8kMHN52hakOCoBrlMa_h01z28hSyUBgkKxCtjKU1HzlOAUCNGkcZi-Pu8tMetBpal_caDWOixcraIpvxY/s320/gracieeyes-001.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">See that beautiful face?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10 years ago I knew we only had precious moments left.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUguqu_YGcWnAtJMn_rNLFqCiRWzrtk0EUOlRZZj9Rtm6NjqEdAk5w6AGatXhkP2L3EP_wt641nrXiS72hQIq6Xo5TfEdnCIEqLy7v0uAt2HtV63uVloGJzXIbfmjsQeE93imDRi_31cxUiWVOUIv558o53YeL5xR9lYHH6mk7fZwrGKvOXGlX/s650/DSC_0041d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="471" data-original-width="650" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUguqu_YGcWnAtJMn_rNLFqCiRWzrtk0EUOlRZZj9Rtm6NjqEdAk5w6AGatXhkP2L3EP_wt641nrXiS72hQIq6Xo5TfEdnCIEqLy7v0uAt2HtV63uVloGJzXIbfmjsQeE93imDRi_31cxUiWVOUIv558o53YeL5xR9lYHH6mk7fZwrGKvOXGlX/s320/DSC_0041d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The appointment had been made for 4 pm.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNjEfEEuHqfcMZESD9zBqogQp5arN12vMkT2OokPg-M7wc0HGC71q0PgpUQ2OcN1vWgnqzcmkVZ-DycOHbOKupzoWiN6lKuSsFE2dMSEamHUvoYTS1DMS33ilhFZRNfUHG_fgNipURTFs4r8p2WmxqIFP7C5gvThY9fJgxZ-WZf4NC6ZCQCt9/s709/DSC_0131d-002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="481" data-original-width="709" height="217" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYNjEfEEuHqfcMZESD9zBqogQp5arN12vMkT2OokPg-M7wc0HGC71q0PgpUQ2OcN1vWgnqzcmkVZ-DycOHbOKupzoWiN6lKuSsFE2dMSEamHUvoYTS1DMS33ilhFZRNfUHG_fgNipURTFs4r8p2WmxqIFP7C5gvThY9fJgxZ-WZf4NC6ZCQCt9/s320/DSC_0131d-002.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I soaked in that February afternoon with you.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBN4rqzTVBMJt34fbFaXH8jMMX7YMyBbZ9ICryQmZX2V7dh-PSM28VfvvH4m3IFg5i_gWRRa-qFE7R8WaTniNUZIk2KmbKv0U4GlvivqL4MdZIbID_H_bLnwuqDjX5mbIuN-uQCos8y07ZgnIAmltsNCic8iTp0Ltt3Hoz224wHQ2_96538Kne/s800/DSC_0008d-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="580" data-original-width="800" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBN4rqzTVBMJt34fbFaXH8jMMX7YMyBbZ9ICryQmZX2V7dh-PSM28VfvvH4m3IFg5i_gWRRa-qFE7R8WaTniNUZIk2KmbKv0U4GlvivqL4MdZIbID_H_bLnwuqDjX5mbIuN-uQCos8y07ZgnIAmltsNCic8iTp0Ltt3Hoz224wHQ2_96538Kne/s320/DSC_0008d-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I knew it was time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You were suffering.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so hard for you to breathe with all</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that fluid.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiLN6FMwJ5laJ0tzfF8jY0ovvPVeiU_lGOLeay2J_bhn8jYj3wkjLzX1-eHDLUeA4HebNrKu66NAUoqcbmOPlAX4UhHlgt_5iVOvGhkR_s0WIn8L7RPgmYM5-MKav5ZKAjTF5RxKsp6lSP6vq9tS6ajjINTTwjBYcPlPvJSlTVrXl9jFMcGzR/s800/DSC_0083d-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="636" data-original-width="800" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoiLN6FMwJ5laJ0tzfF8jY0ovvPVeiU_lGOLeay2J_bhn8jYj3wkjLzX1-eHDLUeA4HebNrKu66NAUoqcbmOPlAX4UhHlgt_5iVOvGhkR_s0WIn8L7RPgmYM5-MKav5ZKAjTF5RxKsp6lSP6vq9tS6ajjINTTwjBYcPlPvJSlTVrXl9jFMcGzR/s320/DSC_0083d-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I had done the procedure to remove the fluid from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">your lungs only the day before and your Vet and I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">agreed if it came back there would be no more of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that hardship for you to endure.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIrX8FK2wXgZnigyQRkN2k5_HZWbNjarJxMPOTMyaf4fs-Wt-N834kFghg1ZTQCTDgkmrM2UnJEQ80U5uCky6MWjJ_C9d3NCQAenEasPLo_azSp7wUMUXCasMNSwafErJHlBsBe6ITVu9dpa1t8ypHAc6jQEGNQgOurWcttvu4V38hBi5d_rQ/s752/DSC_0099a-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="619" data-original-width="752" height="263" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOIrX8FK2wXgZnigyQRkN2k5_HZWbNjarJxMPOTMyaf4fs-Wt-N834kFghg1ZTQCTDgkmrM2UnJEQ80U5uCky6MWjJ_C9d3NCQAenEasPLo_azSp7wUMUXCasMNSwafErJHlBsBe6ITVu9dpa1t8ypHAc6jQEGNQgOurWcttvu4V38hBi5d_rQ/s320/DSC_0099a-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was hard to come to that realization.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That medicine could not help you any more.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_L4gXR6VxLNjRQNYfCNtMoMNG32MsALF23xdRpn1_l2524HMDhkhXz558vjxXtlY9Q57nedMH44Yow6Gm1DQe1JAbftkBtts8apzNVlKJzYgRz97-rTDjDCv68A4nzBxMBPPABHUaUaC0_3hgmTUWBL7juw5f-tgbMl_rCQof_IwyCSHjkNJ/s800/IMG_7007d-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="800" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_L4gXR6VxLNjRQNYfCNtMoMNG32MsALF23xdRpn1_l2524HMDhkhXz558vjxXtlY9Q57nedMH44Yow6Gm1DQe1JAbftkBtts8apzNVlKJzYgRz97-rTDjDCv68A4nzBxMBPPABHUaUaC0_3hgmTUWBL7juw5f-tgbMl_rCQof_IwyCSHjkNJ/s320/IMG_7007d-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You were so young.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was so unfair.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You should have had more time.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I needed you to have more time.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F96Mu04Ygd0dW8eRfQxg3sbZWaR4Hy4LNsd1SER9ccBO9THu3C4qG-BYyJLt-lEdTX23id5aXiMI_KW6taEq4bA6UpzPXPhyphenhyphenkAtnxDYVZ6JDG9MBMaoGFAJWhJGGHsvt1944Tcl6nxGHcRoKRWuL5-BzI8ZHKSsO4dDXROimcCdfJsGPexOj/s800/IMG_6954d-001.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="635" data-original-width="800" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-F96Mu04Ygd0dW8eRfQxg3sbZWaR4Hy4LNsd1SER9ccBO9THu3C4qG-BYyJLt-lEdTX23id5aXiMI_KW6taEq4bA6UpzPXPhyphenhyphenkAtnxDYVZ6JDG9MBMaoGFAJWhJGGHsvt1944Tcl6nxGHcRoKRWuL5-BzI8ZHKSsO4dDXROimcCdfJsGPexOj/s320/IMG_6954d-001.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, my sweet Gracie Grace, we both ran out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of time and I held you as you left this Earth on</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">this day in 2014.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I miss you my dearest little tabby girl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I always will.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day I pray to hold you again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And this time, we won't ever be parted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Love you forever and ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">~Mom</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-2298342006950720192024-01-06T00:00:00.001-05:002024-01-06T00:00:00.136-05:00One Year Ago<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPxfFLZcLh3jskRAkd97F1N_TGUFKoO6GI8X2lWRZuZTxTdOiUEqLxfc1YWUg61Wos_SQgouECexbF3sbMw2ILQ3qsojts4evqdBNKXhyphenhyphend4m7uHBa3Lch5e9Ym3eg0xJz5aI-Nd0jMxd7t8rng0ej5aDux_c0yPSg_JR52jFPviqB5kkSDG-o/s800/DSC_0075a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSPxfFLZcLh3jskRAkd97F1N_TGUFKoO6GI8X2lWRZuZTxTdOiUEqLxfc1YWUg61Wos_SQgouECexbF3sbMw2ILQ3qsojts4evqdBNKXhyphenhyphend4m7uHBa3Lch5e9Ym3eg0xJz5aI-Nd0jMxd7t8rng0ej5aDux_c0yPSg_JR52jFPviqB5kkSDG-o/s320/DSC_0075a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was one year ago today that you picked to leave me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">here and go on up ahead in your next journey.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9Tl4c3g4XaH0cfokSye3lR2AxrXVgWdwtpocs_MTZ0LKozeJUnamt4dHJVsTfaf96MLUB5Ch-gccqFmisqr8AFS3Q006wu520vDnvFVFfM05gHoDtlo8lshkHX71RleHKh4GX4F3giMU1ET2p2giPuWyXwLMHxHTPD3RAGp4gCRyC_XaQK51/s800/DSC_0033a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ9Tl4c3g4XaH0cfokSye3lR2AxrXVgWdwtpocs_MTZ0LKozeJUnamt4dHJVsTfaf96MLUB5Ch-gccqFmisqr8AFS3Q006wu520vDnvFVFfM05gHoDtlo8lshkHX71RleHKh4GX4F3giMU1ET2p2giPuWyXwLMHxHTPD3RAGp4gCRyC_XaQK51/s320/DSC_0033a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I am reminded so much of you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I do miss seeing your handsome face.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTSx9hlBVkPK5wvso6plL2mW1Ze_wkCkOBst65XCdmRPc3yCOY3EI4-sqQ_Cadennux0wu0Y-I8tpBWuGZEOVKZN1UWq_63qEQtgC4OLGWp5qQotZyBDVNR9y5FD-NpZWHofMu__nYRqBpdcfO4OZxXgVgvQTulXrp9DH1OwGWtjEcQtgdeFU/s800/DSC_0023a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTSx9hlBVkPK5wvso6plL2mW1Ze_wkCkOBst65XCdmRPc3yCOY3EI4-sqQ_Cadennux0wu0Y-I8tpBWuGZEOVKZN1UWq_63qEQtgC4OLGWp5qQotZyBDVNR9y5FD-NpZWHofMu__nYRqBpdcfO4OZxXgVgvQTulXrp9DH1OwGWtjEcQtgdeFU/s320/DSC_0023a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You were a real character, a sweet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">imperfect angel.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYYNCfu1hNwYP31klCYekMw8926kfCoeuFbg7Gh75TawXz8RxCWjqJeVsgNgrUTAac4T_B8V90ZKjy1GzTCrzD1hbJ7naLnGv7oDmtjx1XrFWc1yJqjMiqiIGKjFcIoX_Su8Cs33zWsKkhRfxoQF9EngbbKqqb5cHCMocrrGp_JokaiHSndf1/s800/DSC_0004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOYYNCfu1hNwYP31klCYekMw8926kfCoeuFbg7Gh75TawXz8RxCWjqJeVsgNgrUTAac4T_B8V90ZKjy1GzTCrzD1hbJ7naLnGv7oDmtjx1XrFWc1yJqjMiqiIGKjFcIoX_Su8Cs33zWsKkhRfxoQF9EngbbKqqb5cHCMocrrGp_JokaiHSndf1/s320/DSC_0004a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh those eyes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh those whiskers.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There will never be another Ping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We all still miss you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and know in our hearts you are</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">running and jumping and sailing through</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the air with ease like you always did</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">with your acrobatic abilities.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wait for us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day, one day,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we'll join you in your idyllic world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And all of us will be together forever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💋💋💕💋💋</div><br /><p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-61708403945748577782023-08-12T00:00:00.046-04:002023-08-12T00:00:00.131-04:00When A Heart Breaks<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqQlr6PJA3Fpgl3vN0VxluwfeEpOrSmw3mKXSTg-QeRsOboQGePphJWfJiA6wpYykQ37ipNaUSnLWvW0YSZ86jWUvZ3inq8cqkwySFjnI6DgIyZqu8tgN00q7BmlJdP3sFu1l7KH_uEe4bRi5kqq3ie8RaUxEzH53ljVmtCMm6R-TnjXgdb_X/s800/039-002d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="776" data-original-width="800" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSqQlr6PJA3Fpgl3vN0VxluwfeEpOrSmw3mKXSTg-QeRsOboQGePphJWfJiA6wpYykQ37ipNaUSnLWvW0YSZ86jWUvZ3inq8cqkwySFjnI6DgIyZqu8tgN00q7BmlJdP3sFu1l7KH_uEe4bRi5kqq3ie8RaUxEzH53ljVmtCMm6R-TnjXgdb_X/s320/039-002d.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>Now it looks as like they're here to stay</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b>oh I believe in Yesterday.</b></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">~Lennon & Mccartney</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Yes, it does seem like Yesterday, but indeed today</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">marks 10 years. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">10 years?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">How?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Where did the time go?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I spent some time,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">just recently, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">going through the entire postings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">from late July 2013 until</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the end of August 2013.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I haven't ever done that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I have to confess,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wasn't able to go through </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">every post even now.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You know my dearest Abby, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you are never far away in my thoughts.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I miss you just as much this day, as I did the moment your spirit</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">left your body in my arms.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And there are moments when I still have that gut punch and I </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">feel the tremendous loss of you all over again,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but those moments are fewer and far between.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You taught me so much over these past ten years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You helped me let Gracie go with the understanding it was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">best for her rather than fighting a losing battle.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I learned from you that Jinx would tell me in his own</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">way that it was time to depart and I gave him his wish.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And finally Ping...oh Ping what a guy he was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You taught me about Grief and Unconditional Love.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So many lessons. Many I'm still learning.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boo is not far behind all of you, and although she is doing</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">well for now, I know her time is short.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Then you all will be together again, the Fab Five.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Which will be another big moment in my life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know that I need no words to tell you this, because from</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my heart to yours there is no need of words.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I began this blog for you, and I kept it going after you left,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for a while at least. Until it became too hard to keep going.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wait for me my special one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Wait for me just up ahead.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">One day will be my day to join you.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't wait to see you reach up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and put your paws around my neck</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">like you used to do, so many years ago.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you, Abby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you more than stars in the sky,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and water in the oceans.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you beyond this universe.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Into that great beyond,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and by God,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will be with you there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">one day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💗💗💗</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you to the Moon 🌙</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and back</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">again🌟</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and again </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">🌙and again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">💜💜💜</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-5397714191069468762023-08-03T00:00:00.001-04:002023-08-03T00:00:00.139-04:00Another turn around the sun<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wtsV2pPtjZyzG3g6TEXbvchg3EhZRdwSPLzAZu0SC5bhRNs8zrE9MSn3vgZhrgr_aR-YE1k6WN2uP43HrxwLQ25Gw3Dxiwesw3KsYP1tYldmYSIEKY36FPCjV8kNSs9ahjJjQFf53lXuTm8Bv3qO6PI8QgbvdGrjewJEF9ZNs_rGSDOWgrZM/s800/DSC_0019a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7wtsV2pPtjZyzG3g6TEXbvchg3EhZRdwSPLzAZu0SC5bhRNs8zrE9MSn3vgZhrgr_aR-YE1k6WN2uP43HrxwLQ25Gw3Dxiwesw3KsYP1tYldmYSIEKY36FPCjV8kNSs9ahjJjQFf53lXuTm8Bv3qO6PI8QgbvdGrjewJEF9ZNs_rGSDOWgrZM/s320/DSC_0019a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Today's it's your birthday!</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uFGK01lNunPrU-4HchHqycqLYmy5bTWYZLIY-7Cl8NaHRwxHLUJG2vB08Os7C9U4fY-P-oeArOM6Vn8IJGvPecm8MTH63OA_baKW7bwTF9jZkQURAYOzOubimiL-nYsGYRLs1f-7wuDOHAHl_agUwqEBIk2GYa0XygrW469HNgr9HOHaoVpY/s800/DSC_0022a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uFGK01lNunPrU-4HchHqycqLYmy5bTWYZLIY-7Cl8NaHRwxHLUJG2vB08Os7C9U4fY-P-oeArOM6Vn8IJGvPecm8MTH63OA_baKW7bwTF9jZkQURAYOzOubimiL-nYsGYRLs1f-7wuDOHAHl_agUwqEBIk2GYa0XygrW469HNgr9HOHaoVpY/s320/DSC_0022a.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My beautiful girl is 12.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPsQqQRLKmwJ4dhohUO7US5eDFXw4c-J3BiwdJwC4PlyU1Ok4e9Izb0GhRGkPlVwMAVSepVoA8MFznzkxInpFpODyv_AwLaqb0oDVR6eLOFIoHR_jt-1hTCUaG3dFa5BAsZoVeIn0gIQvhRv11ieAsmzm468GVNN2h75qEQRTWaAwg54tTTjA/s800/DSC_0042a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPPsQqQRLKmwJ4dhohUO7US5eDFXw4c-J3BiwdJwC4PlyU1Ok4e9Izb0GhRGkPlVwMAVSepVoA8MFznzkxInpFpODyv_AwLaqb0oDVR6eLOFIoHR_jt-1hTCUaG3dFa5BAsZoVeIn0gIQvhRv11ieAsmzm468GVNN2h75qEQRTWaAwg54tTTjA/s320/DSC_0042a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can't believe how quickly </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the time has gone.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDvdltkfVuv2a_39yduUW2gnI6RLPyZU94W1ssv_Z7VemY3Ji9-zdDosE5Owf6a2kgGxR18IrdXGgqqMZuf-WwUrtJCAmrzQrOa1dB1b1QAD1knlESeS-wAwTjaC8s3-cHLILIXPNAaRZyOLoLRVV6RAN7zuVJNwzAIWjXcgbV9B664xGPIvJ/s800/DSC_0026a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkDvdltkfVuv2a_39yduUW2gnI6RLPyZU94W1ssv_Z7VemY3Ji9-zdDosE5Owf6a2kgGxR18IrdXGgqqMZuf-WwUrtJCAmrzQrOa1dB1b1QAD1knlESeS-wAwTjaC8s3-cHLILIXPNAaRZyOLoLRVV6RAN7zuVJNwzAIWjXcgbV9B664xGPIvJ/s320/DSC_0026a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She still seems like a kitten.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhIqpV3T2q6ULmvKRWL-oQlsIIbnM-fEabjZICGbpvrETuptaBw0CSVd31Pb8mWoiQtkOF-LO3uuQeT0dJVFflb0u56_iNkybQlXxvNxUHKgHapLFtKOe636ozaXMnDwZmmjx9-3fAaod0q8HuacnpGxYE8fkxwr087KfEhOkq266ytJMuZJI/s800/DSC_0025a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="533" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWhIqpV3T2q6ULmvKRWL-oQlsIIbnM-fEabjZICGbpvrETuptaBw0CSVd31Pb8mWoiQtkOF-LO3uuQeT0dJVFflb0u56_iNkybQlXxvNxUHKgHapLFtKOe636ozaXMnDwZmmjx9-3fAaod0q8HuacnpGxYE8fkxwr087KfEhOkq266ytJMuZJI/s320/DSC_0025a.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy happy birthday Miss Annabelle!</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-41493890210380163892023-07-13T00:00:00.001-04:002023-07-13T00:00:00.163-04:00Mama Mina<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0rIiTtT65UNXOlCfqYmDmrsGFTA2261k85Hq3j6cEYx4L7WszLmrf0Gk70wfbKBpc_YzoSvKnJbAX-AvzMnKxsa1YZv1YI4EpRB7DQ4BQkfIuczArZRlwHtIeOauijDtcXQzjhef81RXTHcGz2xWLAb9MasYczSIMzJBBgubWiiMPmvKJSCc/s320/IMG_3633.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="320" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio0rIiTtT65UNXOlCfqYmDmrsGFTA2261k85Hq3j6cEYx4L7WszLmrf0Gk70wfbKBpc_YzoSvKnJbAX-AvzMnKxsa1YZv1YI4EpRB7DQ4BQkfIuczArZRlwHtIeOauijDtcXQzjhef81RXTHcGz2xWLAb9MasYczSIMzJBBgubWiiMPmvKJSCc/s1600/IMG_3633.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll always remember lil mama.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Mina.</div><br /> </div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-67668596999492259412023-07-01T00:00:00.001-04:002023-07-01T00:00:00.151-04:00Happy Angelic Birthday Abby<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uWsl10CfHTm93x6oEEehOoh2j9_HGjR64qhdXTcnmrXLI_TkzNzVjv2AGotKIRpkPEf4h4xH1y1tivRkl0RBXBsJQxdyxOZu-9TNo0REaX8QwRyiz1Cq76KK6k3a6nOMFkmB1X_QFghaGjvzxJ2l_9YnDjd_847RPcVOHcz5l3Icx1uNb99r/s750/IMG_0380%20(2)-0012214-003d2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="584" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_uWsl10CfHTm93x6oEEehOoh2j9_HGjR64qhdXTcnmrXLI_TkzNzVjv2AGotKIRpkPEf4h4xH1y1tivRkl0RBXBsJQxdyxOZu-9TNo0REaX8QwRyiz1Cq76KK6k3a6nOMFkmB1X_QFghaGjvzxJ2l_9YnDjd_847RPcVOHcz5l3Icx1uNb99r/s320/IMG_0380%20(2)-0012214-003d2.jpg" width="249" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy Heavenly birthday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She'd be 24.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-91221763272617860752023-01-13T14:35:00.000-05:002023-01-13T14:35:00.232-05:00One Week<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhivY7xeP_u_a0s6SI2kGxfYcbyHTyPURZb3dduN_jPUoUXRXxJR2H5L8NtJQrbB9ldWtq45TQIz0HeQV7rxNfOx9UFIs9WhlKB1E44ROdR_EqNYxeFmv-DVOShD4Tm4GDDtSTiLoZkfwAqdDqgaLTphTW9GiLUzANjSf2RhlUvRIiSE54Q/s1600/IMG_5420.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="1600" height="340" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVhivY7xeP_u_a0s6SI2kGxfYcbyHTyPURZb3dduN_jPUoUXRXxJR2H5L8NtJQrbB9ldWtq45TQIz0HeQV7rxNfOx9UFIs9WhlKB1E44ROdR_EqNYxeFmv-DVOShD4Tm4GDDtSTiLoZkfwAqdDqgaLTphTW9GiLUzANjSf2RhlUvRIiSE54Q/w400-h340/IMG_5420.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's been a week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's hard to wrap my head around everything.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There was really no warning that anything was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">imminent. I was in complete shock. I found him</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">semi conscious last Friday morning and rushed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">him to the Vet, and there wasn't anything they could</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do that wouldn't have made any difference to the outcome.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I miss him so very much.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Even though I knew, with him being 20</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">his days were much shorter. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still, when it happens you're never prepared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm just now finally getting my feet</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">back under me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But it isn't about me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Or maybe it is?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm the one still here,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and he isn't. So I have to deal with</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">how everything plays out.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish they never had to leave us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hold your kittens tightly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you never know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You just never know.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-85777994335087291512023-01-08T12:51:00.003-05:002023-01-08T12:51:47.618-05:00I'll Be Seeing You<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpUA1LcqlBXD-AhddLiT-uDSShwXWcBItGQwUuDygITdBbL3mmlorUcb0MsGnYSeT_wmRadJz3__OeyvE1WGPKXYRe0Zn0MnFyYWcdrqrNqwdcDP2ukWQpRU683pzdRTQuZQ6tTo7wjBpIMswJK31cu2HWLYZWB5a1KYf66nTgNZ55Hsm1w/s800/IMG_3658-001.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="800" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEpUA1LcqlBXD-AhddLiT-uDSShwXWcBItGQwUuDygITdBbL3mmlorUcb0MsGnYSeT_wmRadJz3__OeyvE1WGPKXYRe0Zn0MnFyYWcdrqrNqwdcDP2ukWQpRU683pzdRTQuZQ6tTo7wjBpIMswJK31cu2HWLYZWB5a1KYf66nTgNZ55Hsm1w/w400-h300/IMG_3658-001.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I''ll be seeing you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in all the old</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">familiar places...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEsWY-IuLX82ceod2hwSAPL9vgSvnyHgJkj41WReyLRCnk6zMjPvc5v2_wRxsXtV1FTZZhRmS1TrsThnKPa2uB7T7b5E9ZuF15r0TOX2QlQTzzXrUpEH30J6b8RExlNHSKwFqeuvXloFRXE3lhMIBpyvKIsGppU6Z1pdtYxzDLv7QTmKE-g/s534/DSC_0152b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="534" height="399" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEsWY-IuLX82ceod2hwSAPL9vgSvnyHgJkj41WReyLRCnk6zMjPvc5v2_wRxsXtV1FTZZhRmS1TrsThnKPa2uB7T7b5E9ZuF15r0TOX2QlQTzzXrUpEH30J6b8RExlNHSKwFqeuvXloFRXE3lhMIBpyvKIsGppU6Z1pdtYxzDLv7QTmKE-g/w400-h399/DSC_0152b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">That this heart of mine embraces</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all day through....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9jAgMYYyeQ-1XXMy2PobBrtBpMekwRGEDXv7iuuyY-5j8l1oMz7p8AhvtUHw9urJmiuBnWjNIleIFqfjTNOBdeOnzbrZJR4QAPKUeF3USSMiLWDvoOnz0cK1Wf8Om-BVbPLnNawdmxok6QdULjVRQkwbdn7LuWL86NAqbRNtspACLXFwyA/s800/DSC_0004a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgx9jAgMYYyeQ-1XXMy2PobBrtBpMekwRGEDXv7iuuyY-5j8l1oMz7p8AhvtUHw9urJmiuBnWjNIleIFqfjTNOBdeOnzbrZJR4QAPKUeF3USSMiLWDvoOnz0cK1Wf8Om-BVbPLnNawdmxok6QdULjVRQkwbdn7LuWL86NAqbRNtspACLXFwyA/w400-h266/DSC_0004a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll be seeing you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in every lovely summer's day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OsKq5lXJRblysTyAlyuOXnpYHHC7mP5loCom9p0Z2t_KCnzx6OzP79BwbDhite5xNNHobuNIYoFQYJjJM0icb0PhMEiMRx04y4NYipgQurFHAnKHpy7tvlCsebqDUvetfr4-SuJ6XsDqYhLQAHaY_Ac_C2kJhqsbqIxbH2GSMUYbTAFAxA/s800/DSC_0068a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1OsKq5lXJRblysTyAlyuOXnpYHHC7mP5loCom9p0Z2t_KCnzx6OzP79BwbDhite5xNNHobuNIYoFQYJjJM0icb0PhMEiMRx04y4NYipgQurFHAnKHpy7tvlCsebqDUvetfr4-SuJ6XsDqYhLQAHaY_Ac_C2kJhqsbqIxbH2GSMUYbTAFAxA/w400-h266/DSC_0068a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In everything that's bright and gay...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS31vpu9fjltNUUWaCSUaUZmB8SE__8nGE1Ev-1IrJYrGFuE_F6Y0zNHAhr7dgBotM-uYoJGNAsJBqFaDsV8DGIKDBPvJQ--Y24RddpPmIbTIJq75cCnMYExmEjhGMT9WsK5F9vE637F0bdpgjXLOGuTVx5o6UUTKzHIfe76a62AAAtb-2hg/s800/DSC_0071a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS31vpu9fjltNUUWaCSUaUZmB8SE__8nGE1Ev-1IrJYrGFuE_F6Y0zNHAhr7dgBotM-uYoJGNAsJBqFaDsV8DGIKDBPvJQ--Y24RddpPmIbTIJq75cCnMYExmEjhGMT9WsK5F9vE637F0bdpgjXLOGuTVx5o6UUTKzHIfe76a62AAAtb-2hg/w400-h266/DSC_0071a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll always think of you that way.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBAVqVWccbNz5sCJSA19L3O1onyL_XkKgK8GdhXuQQl0N9rkVAZLUt35b6u4-9w5xqwWOa-sS7CXJ4wAXCenAVXegSun_s-MCSPk_8QjC79OmdhK0Db_XIrU0nGHiIrJo0HJiMLmn1Feqp5w6uHPc4OcHyjsT_j5EZOi3OpgsilqfMZxvNQ/s751/DSC_0007b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="449" data-original-width="751" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGBAVqVWccbNz5sCJSA19L3O1onyL_XkKgK8GdhXuQQl0N9rkVAZLUt35b6u4-9w5xqwWOa-sS7CXJ4wAXCenAVXegSun_s-MCSPk_8QjC79OmdhK0Db_XIrU0nGHiIrJo0HJiMLmn1Feqp5w6uHPc4OcHyjsT_j5EZOi3OpgsilqfMZxvNQ/w400-h239/DSC_0007b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'll find you in the morning sun</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjinuxL23fPTes_A9Abj9QkVfYiLaZc3ohXONxpQfH7WbiNtuik1rxEoYxnX9qWUo6jpSeA-2_56rOqwu_50UaDe-cvO7AfgyP8_eNHyZNeGiwtFaJAF6gd1AIRIZfRh-zCcWw5jRH-SthD_KZD77ryO8qFfkE4PH1eS6Ue6E5nVuosCFPqg/s800/DSC_0104a-001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjinuxL23fPTes_A9Abj9QkVfYiLaZc3ohXONxpQfH7WbiNtuik1rxEoYxnX9qWUo6jpSeA-2_56rOqwu_50UaDe-cvO7AfgyP8_eNHyZNeGiwtFaJAF6gd1AIRIZfRh-zCcWw5jRH-SthD_KZD77ryO8qFfkE4PH1eS6Ue6E5nVuosCFPqg/w400-h266/DSC_0104a-001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and when the night is new</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYB2aG4yvhILgvMHyb4RJg-Qt3yFAaokQ6l4t4TzBENKncXDIbWd_grH-SubleuS3VfBqcdh-RPw1G3clxa3Hu0OtO4wmx2ayWdRIPqYsanI9qleINEhR0NTQpvmmQHuuhOilwQoElvgSoGtbxcV3tvovLfNb0sIrKdIqntKxch_0xdPRRQ/s800/DSC_0101a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFYB2aG4yvhILgvMHyb4RJg-Qt3yFAaokQ6l4t4TzBENKncXDIbWd_grH-SubleuS3VfBqcdh-RPw1G3clxa3Hu0OtO4wmx2ayWdRIPqYsanI9qleINEhR0NTQpvmmQHuuhOilwQoElvgSoGtbxcV3tvovLfNb0sIrKdIqntKxch_0xdPRRQ/w400-h266/DSC_0101a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;">the enormity of Ping being gone.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You'd think you get 'use to' losses,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">but each one hits you like a ton of bricks.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The GriefMonster pulls up to your door</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and surprises you with a bag full of</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">new and powerful emotions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All of those familiar everyday occurrences</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">suddenly greet you and smack you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">across the face,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and your faced with an empty space</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">where someone you loved used to be.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Grief is so multifaceted.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">You don't lose just once</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">you lose every single day.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Each one is a new prick of the heart.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ping was such a character.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He really was.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I considered him my 'movie star' cat.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He was so photogenic and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">so handsome. He was very insecure though.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He carried that his entire life.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But he was a good loving boy.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">He never lost that either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But now he has rejoined his brother Jinx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who went before him by 14 months.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I envision him restored to his </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">youthful form, running and jumping</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and playing with all of his</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">friends and family who were there</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to greet him as he came across the beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rainbow Bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will miss him.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">20 years wasn't enough.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-2126576606169607922023-01-07T12:09:00.003-05:002023-01-07T12:09:35.855-05:00Ping Forever<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvyJqyMg_ZVid60lPh0mi-GN9UmND1OMzH7afdEtvQCKXOJyeYTifklbLAvL2qNU23PeMgofXMvCH5VE0UosJYS5QoFHK0rOyelnA-cgrWd15c-iPGfzaRMHI5F51mUbWjRTqcCBt8jvE_9DtVL9gfk3E_5z6EE0bU9jy_1vjW4Uc52rkng/s500/PING%20Forever.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwvyJqyMg_ZVid60lPh0mi-GN9UmND1OMzH7afdEtvQCKXOJyeYTifklbLAvL2qNU23PeMgofXMvCH5VE0UosJYS5QoFHK0rOyelnA-cgrWd15c-iPGfzaRMHI5F51mUbWjRTqcCBt8jvE_9DtVL9gfk3E_5z6EE0bU9jy_1vjW4Uc52rkng/s320/PING%20Forever.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thank you to Ann from Zoolarty </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">for the lovely graphic for our beloved Ping.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/1/2003</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1/6/2023</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">It's been said,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">"time heals all wounds",</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">I do not agree.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">The wound remains.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">In time,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">the mind, </span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">protecting it's sanity,</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">covers them with scar tissue</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">and the pain lessens.</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">But...</span></i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><span style="color: #a64d79;">it is never the same.</span></i></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-44727128088443277802023-01-06T13:16:00.002-05:002023-01-06T13:16:18.727-05:00Bestest Boy Ever<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qf_qovIWkE9nTfWXLFmCNJwyQYjLMm4m4et_NQTafxWRVoWSXeHMxTT4tHWRCAaeSAR7e7mBT5jij_gpj_Y_dUgLKoPMMFXCsyV8jKMy5oo7H4KXlGqnJP2uKCY_GdPbWAhlc-6SF0g_oQSLjW1AUzKYLKPC55bt1xoaITTpnWPr273Nlg/s1755/EBAY%20820d.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1680" data-original-width="1755" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qf_qovIWkE9nTfWXLFmCNJwyQYjLMm4m4et_NQTafxWRVoWSXeHMxTT4tHWRCAaeSAR7e7mBT5jij_gpj_Y_dUgLKoPMMFXCsyV8jKMy5oo7H4KXlGqnJP2uKCY_GdPbWAhlc-6SF0g_oQSLjW1AUzKYLKPC55bt1xoaITTpnWPr273Nlg/w400-h383/EBAY%20820d.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Bestest Boy Ever</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">1-1-2003 ~ 1/6/2023 12:24pm</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Clearly,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we grieve the one we lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">What many don't understand</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">is that it's only part of it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We grieve what we had,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and all we shared.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We grieve all the important</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">things that they will miss.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We grieve the future</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">we were supposed to have together.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We grieve.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I just can't talk about it right now.</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-87728243844489710192022-12-25T00:00:00.004-05:002022-12-25T18:41:58.578-05:00Lessons from the Cat & the Christmas Tree<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KkSSqDLWvZXfRVPh8NLLZax1OF5MySHujZNPJe61VRgiagAl18pDVlVh-zmM3iUc0BKPsFpUqHSXCcbpT2Pm_uhlbyUiY3Gt9Yfc3ViEC0zMeS2ncQvj0ceHTQNYRYPT2gSF0GYdNzdLqaZjl-bclS6ZAxo3O0r4FLDeDn_7y2LVcjQgYA/s1105/2022%20XMAS%20CARD.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1105" height="341" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9KkSSqDLWvZXfRVPh8NLLZax1OF5MySHujZNPJe61VRgiagAl18pDVlVh-zmM3iUc0BKPsFpUqHSXCcbpT2Pm_uhlbyUiY3Gt9Yfc3ViEC0zMeS2ncQvj0ceHTQNYRYPT2gSF0GYdNzdLqaZjl-bclS6ZAxo3O0r4FLDeDn_7y2LVcjQgYA/w400-h341/2022%20XMAS%20CARD.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fdfefa; clear: both;"><div style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> Twinkle</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Share your gifts;</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Bring JOY to others;</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> Be a light in the darkness;</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> We all fall over sometimes;</div></span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> You were born to SPARKLE, </div></span></div><div style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> even if your garland's a little droopy sometimes; </span></div><div style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"> AND</span></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"> It's okay to be a little tilted.</div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fdfefa; clear: both; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: #fdfefa; clear: both; color: #191919; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><i> Merry Christmas to all</i></span></div></div><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-91981117735440350152022-10-01T16:09:00.004-04:002022-10-01T16:09:25.486-04:00Happy 19th Birthday Boo<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgXqMyPcmzAYJoc9F7jduH2HhnXnS6HfoAN0c7Ox0gNNS0lQPyMjcl8Bthqt_E4goE1IRSEuXpKby4IbpPqvmDt6WltUKef0wKYkW5OEMwobIigukg_Z5GvgH-ysFAbVPQ62fTngjmiM6Bd3DZSNN-HYH1W2dW1b9FpFLRXKCaknSo7mEQg/s800/DSC_0032a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUgXqMyPcmzAYJoc9F7jduH2HhnXnS6HfoAN0c7Ox0gNNS0lQPyMjcl8Bthqt_E4goE1IRSEuXpKby4IbpPqvmDt6WltUKef0wKYkW5OEMwobIigukg_Z5GvgH-ysFAbVPQ62fTngjmiM6Bd3DZSNN-HYH1W2dW1b9FpFLRXKCaknSo7mEQg/w400-h266/DSC_0032a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday Boo!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was surprising but she turned 19!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a beautiful sunny day here today, which is not</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">at all unusual after a Hurricane passes by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Sort of like a vacuum cleaning sucking up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">all the debris.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hurricane #Ian will be one for the record books.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Especially for SW FL.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I for one cannot even fathom what it must be like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to find your entire world destroyed as savagely as</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ian did to the SW FL coastline.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am sure once all everything is recorded we will </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">find the topography of the coastline is forever changed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It is going to take years to rebuild, if it is rebuilt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I suspect there are a lot of folks who will </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">never rebuild on an barrier island.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My heart breaks for those people.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I cannot put into words how sad I am for </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">incredible destruction that happened to my state.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It began in SW FL but there was so much more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">throughout the state, and it's not done yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">All the water is still flowing up and out</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to the Atlantic and causing flooding, and </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">infrastructure failings to happen. On I-75 near Ft Myers</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the traffic was being diverted because a levee failed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and flooded, homes within the area had to be evacuated.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's just beyond words.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Locally we had minor flooding, and that even feels</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">odd to say "minor". If it was your home with even</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">inches of water, you had to take your flooring up</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and drywall out of the walls and furniture was lost.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's miniscule compared to your home being washed</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">away but it's hard nevertheless.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hate Hurricanes. Being what is now considered elderly</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and alone I feel a lot more vulnerable than ever before,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">even though I lived my entire life in this state.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">The season isn't over yet either.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Another wave came off Africa, where it heads </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">no one knows.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I'm not sure Ian is finished yet.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It might have impacts to New England depending</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">on where it ultimately goes.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's ironic, Boo, Ping & Jinx went through Hurricane Charley</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">in 2004 with us and it literally took the same path as</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Ian. Now 18 years later it's just Boo & workshop cat Ping</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">still with me dealing with this again.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Hope things are better in your part of the world.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We'll be fine, for now at least, even if we feel more</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">vulnerable than ever.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Happy birthday to my sweet loving Boo,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">who got evacuated with me (and Annabelle) during Ian. </div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-50429982190530040982022-09-05T00:00:00.008-04:002022-09-05T00:00:01.315-04:00And So It Is<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCDIS3JXPwmYI0iT4uvR6nay2_i4Ixz9xlJba_gz_i8aao5FiITbThadGENSxsE6gHqoU_5QhnTf1DLtw2U3QmRv9uGBm9rU120WvqWHcDAmwnB0-AJMVvGenC8I3y6TBLs2tPpkGjZUjBmlx1PVjbIbzNoNmk5mMSRiosBrz6FutDtlQyg/s800/P1010031d.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="600" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCDIS3JXPwmYI0iT4uvR6nay2_i4Ixz9xlJba_gz_i8aao5FiITbThadGENSxsE6gHqoU_5QhnTf1DLtw2U3QmRv9uGBm9rU120WvqWHcDAmwnB0-AJMVvGenC8I3y6TBLs2tPpkGjZUjBmlx1PVjbIbzNoNmk5mMSRiosBrz6FutDtlQyg/w300-h400/P1010031d.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I really don't know how to begin this post.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There's a lot I wanted to write down but</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the words seem to be hard to come by.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">In 2005 I started blogging because I wanted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">a journal about Abby. I wanted something</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that was as permanent as it could be, and it </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">turned into a great deal more than just talking</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">about Abby, but it was borne in the idea that she</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">was the thing it all centered around.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">When I lost her, I went down a very steep dark</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">road, and it's been a rocky one ever since.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">My life has been no harder or easier than</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">anyone else's but we all deal with things</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">differently. I chose to share some of my deep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">inner insecurities and sadness and I know</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that isn't 'fun' read by any stretch of the imagination.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But, things have changed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Blogging has changed.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Life is so different.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And so much harder.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">There are so very few of the us</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">left who began</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cat blogging from the mid-2000's,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and most all of the cats,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">if not all,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have all gone to</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the Rainbow Bridge.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Every single cat that passes over,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel a deep sadness over, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">as I'm sure you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">do as well. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe some more than</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">others because you knew them more.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I feel the loss because of my own</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">cat losses,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> and we all know the feelings</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that come out when we have to say</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> farewell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I think I've come to the conclusion</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that it's time to take a pause.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Maybe a fork in the road.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I didn't want to leave and not explain</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because I look back at the list on my feeds</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and see so many blogs and one day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">they stopped.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I still wonder why.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">(Still wondering)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I feel I owe you, </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">those of you who</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">drop by a final word.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've stepped back so much from social media</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because there is so much struggle</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and sadness I carry inside.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I've finally come to understand a great deal </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of it but I still carry it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A lot of days it grows heavy to </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">carry it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it's made me draw inward more </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">than ever, and then of course</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the entire world was forced to draw inward</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because of Covid19 and that only made</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">life more isolating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I know that by drawing myself off I was</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">not seeing much traffic, and I really do</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">understand that. But it's a self filling prophecy</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">that when you do "x", "y" happens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And it did for me.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It was my doing by not engaging that led</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to not being engaged with.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">So I think a hiatus is called for.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I will post from time to time, I still feel so</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">strongly that it is the story tellers who </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">keep alive the memories of those who </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">have gone before and I owe it to my Abby,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to post the days of most significance. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">And also the others cats as well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I thank all who have read this and who have</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">come and visited with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I apologize for not being a better visitor to you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">because I wasn't able to do it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">But I do cherish all the memories.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keep well.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Keep strong.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Onward...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-43001512371723351312022-09-03T00:00:00.001-04:002022-09-03T00:00:00.322-04:00Caturday Art<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7RnjRTu-XJwhQYoXDkyEB5yqXbk_XjEyONRBlamMs_vifxHTbMyVBtACp2IiaM42SILlKA554KUXU7sHmjeAMiv1mYmWJD4Pguj1q6QXGf0YBYtXeLpAay2qll5UggJ9gM4Z4vS2vq0GrwQERNOKJCdkkQZR_A-DAIGdFCj0izMSuBNcng/s1116/ab%20catart39.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="784" data-original-width="1116" height="281" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG7RnjRTu-XJwhQYoXDkyEB5yqXbk_XjEyONRBlamMs_vifxHTbMyVBtACp2IiaM42SILlKA554KUXU7sHmjeAMiv1mYmWJD4Pguj1q6QXGf0YBYtXeLpAay2qll5UggJ9gM4Z4vS2vq0GrwQERNOKJCdkkQZR_A-DAIGdFCj0izMSuBNcng/w400-h281/ab%20catart39.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annabelle is joining the beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Athena for this week's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="http://www.athenacatgoddess.com" rel="nofollow">CATURDAY ART</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">blog hop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">See you all there!</div></div></div><p><br /> </p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-25710608799218879202022-08-27T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-27T00:00:00.297-04:00Caturday Art<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrPLeSeQtt3EuiXLcoP1qAYEPb91WDCNmzotqVbg2MrX3X8q5yQcwTF4b2s9RHlqqWtr6-_jH4z6K86RtQXhsHMoMGhPWEVj1O92yLW9jL2duiC03qHB3a5xpkpSVDuE4OKHY3v-ybYq2lFlJunVGOCcAjwHkBw8aRxD2A6980R_WwXKd3Q/s914/ab%20catart40.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="914" data-original-width="646" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjrPLeSeQtt3EuiXLcoP1qAYEPb91WDCNmzotqVbg2MrX3X8q5yQcwTF4b2s9RHlqqWtr6-_jH4z6K86RtQXhsHMoMGhPWEVj1O92yLW9jL2duiC03qHB3a5xpkpSVDuE4OKHY3v-ybYq2lFlJunVGOCcAjwHkBw8aRxD2A6980R_WwXKd3Q/w283-h400/ab%20catart40.jpg" width="283" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annabelle is joining the beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Athena for this week's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="http://www.athenacatgoddess.com" rel="nofollow">CATURDAY ART</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">blog hop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">See you all there!</div></div></div><p><br /> </p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-82128185487698567262022-08-25T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-25T00:00:00.280-04:00TBT<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pa0NITYmJXS7Z-UECb4Aqz14HJN7XTsrCuTFoKQIkNx3J3P2_G-ionsY2TJRzratvZ-JLieMTze55Ha3FpxYp-qAZfuDPI5l9Zp-5CpDd5UA6NiWaVqAHzUk7Jg6CrLuECebyqZCUspGu_gNLfc3fXvCjH5Q9ELmoGjnKZHnmm757leu1w/s800/IMG_0016%20(2)-0014444-010a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="695" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Pa0NITYmJXS7Z-UECb4Aqz14HJN7XTsrCuTFoKQIkNx3J3P2_G-ionsY2TJRzratvZ-JLieMTze55Ha3FpxYp-qAZfuDPI5l9Zp-5CpDd5UA6NiWaVqAHzUk7Jg6CrLuECebyqZCUspGu_gNLfc3fXvCjH5Q9ELmoGjnKZHnmm757leu1w/w348-h400/IMG_0016%20(2)-0014444-010a.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">March 2006</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I can stand by this window and close</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">my eyes and see you sitting in the window sill.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I wish when I opened my eyes you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">were still there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I love you Abby.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I miss you</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">everyday.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#TBT</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-81190078612354980422022-08-24T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-24T00:00:00.254-04:00Boo Hoos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx11uR_lxqvnUHTSiiPcH8eriba6TfcFYob89TlyyjSfjd8-IiiouCljdUjoj2YZ9AecGpKnQZtaaW8eQOrq9tPtNLkdHQkbekVpZFA0--BTn1UhIPwEnWKL-SUnCK4WWarZNddkfSHNBND07OgTSJvobnY1BHSxrwHfg_3gYuOM16Wy8Hjw/s800/DSC_0118a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="410" data-original-width="800" height="205" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx11uR_lxqvnUHTSiiPcH8eriba6TfcFYob89TlyyjSfjd8-IiiouCljdUjoj2YZ9AecGpKnQZtaaW8eQOrq9tPtNLkdHQkbekVpZFA0--BTn1UhIPwEnWKL-SUnCK4WWarZNddkfSHNBND07OgTSJvobnY1BHSxrwHfg_3gYuOM16Wy8Hjw/w400-h205/DSC_0118a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Boo-licious</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-23580112815395503822022-08-23T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-23T00:00:00.269-04:00Annabelle's antics<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6xuEDluds4X-MP3momIu2hu6bNb-cCQ1L2y68J-DxB-bTzLBzvKFHa3RVhE_DDdgA6PQSlmcPV4ydZGTMXv2vLFdo3OPEV5cvynfQnQZmHTJxTsJHZp96aulHNxsgRRoTuPG_798Zm3K_yIyks4Zoinz46JOXs1OblfMY5PQLO_zS1X0qA/s717/DSC_0206a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="497" data-original-width="717" height="278" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgs6xuEDluds4X-MP3momIu2hu6bNb-cCQ1L2y68J-DxB-bTzLBzvKFHa3RVhE_DDdgA6PQSlmcPV4ydZGTMXv2vLFdo3OPEV5cvynfQnQZmHTJxTsJHZp96aulHNxsgRRoTuPG_798Zm3K_yIyks4Zoinz46JOXs1OblfMY5PQLO_zS1X0qA/w400-h278/DSC_0206a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Why yes, I'm hiding!</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-87016861428018167432022-08-21T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-21T00:00:00.289-04:00Sunday morning<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-DzUp7NEt06X_w02P5d93YVkk2Cu6hp4N_E5vpyMVOWaKh788c4S0gBdLyTSBRM_SwsbtWjRwyiFc74g1cuch37MTR4B8abDmvGjKUe3PQ_7seZj7UdF1-tHa9x3Wq9gjFMiYy-RjkVrbTbLTkzh872T2B2WjFHbumIrnliPUsac2ZmVw/s705/DSC_0121a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="705" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5U-DzUp7NEt06X_w02P5d93YVkk2Cu6hp4N_E5vpyMVOWaKh788c4S0gBdLyTSBRM_SwsbtWjRwyiFc74g1cuch37MTR4B8abDmvGjKUe3PQ_7seZj7UdF1-tHa9x3Wq9gjFMiYy-RjkVrbTbLTkzh872T2B2WjFHbumIrnliPUsac2ZmVw/w400-h303/DSC_0121a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It's a happy Sunday here.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">We hope yours is too!</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-90464897302394989892022-08-20T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-20T00:00:00.267-04:00Caturday Art<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvxBLcmJt5xIaSkOC9OlBt8Ch30sUzPwndOEMpfXRIP36FyG3sNwHqa-c9kElaSIRc4TvUd5FH5hNdxKfyG51ld4t0VTaVEH7LaQUy9pdafBRN0CqBuPa9d9kkIKab98FnItWdcpeyHVsPPtm9M_GNmb5-QAF9RiYlhL_c5pWTxGmaZHw-Q/s920/ab%20catart38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="652" data-original-width="920" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUvxBLcmJt5xIaSkOC9OlBt8Ch30sUzPwndOEMpfXRIP36FyG3sNwHqa-c9kElaSIRc4TvUd5FH5hNdxKfyG51ld4t0VTaVEH7LaQUy9pdafBRN0CqBuPa9d9kkIKab98FnItWdcpeyHVsPPtm9M_GNmb5-QAF9RiYlhL_c5pWTxGmaZHw-Q/w400-h284/ab%20catart38.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Annabelle is joining the beautiful</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Athena for this week's</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><a href="http://www.athenacatgoddess.com" rel="nofollow">CATURDAY ART</a></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">blog hop.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">See you all there!</div></div></div><p> </p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-60688122331671128772022-08-19T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-19T00:00:00.269-04:00Awwwww<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQpg6SFIxXUQgHVBVC0_tk5FQ4BzUmgxDqFWiZ_enmQiOOe6vQtNyjOaog016z68_jkBCZYq12EX9REqREJ5_NlFBNPC__CbMaFGxRbRu1sDlAN6OgoUsNl5yxnitxk6zHzKHqVN-FgTX3uLH1PBnF_k7Vlhrn-iS3wDe_OlUfdvKv5iiBw/s780/DSC_0093b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="780" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyQpg6SFIxXUQgHVBVC0_tk5FQ4BzUmgxDqFWiZ_enmQiOOe6vQtNyjOaog016z68_jkBCZYq12EX9REqREJ5_NlFBNPC__CbMaFGxRbRu1sDlAN6OgoUsNl5yxnitxk6zHzKHqVN-FgTX3uLH1PBnF_k7Vlhrn-iS3wDe_OlUfdvKv5iiBw/w400-h219/DSC_0093b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">r-e-l-a-x</div> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-83490168389934277022022-08-18T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-18T00:00:00.289-04:00TBT<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWiqo2mIs5L5vxGI_k9zvGEF6chtKql9WDKkUtgYhvI9SMJh7IVSF9vtj6E-2fQyux-nyQrwQQPWWfMRlEUD8DATusSdJ1LB3PnZqrB_SpdLMXp5Qm2lqRz9eEUP6IwTvP7ZdZTvp2rDsJU_cOMMR82pE8jLniNIb4FGR06bkImqdhCzpIQ/s800/100_2865.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWiqo2mIs5L5vxGI_k9zvGEF6chtKql9WDKkUtgYhvI9SMJh7IVSF9vtj6E-2fQyux-nyQrwQQPWWfMRlEUD8DATusSdJ1LB3PnZqrB_SpdLMXp5Qm2lqRz9eEUP6IwTvP7ZdZTvp2rDsJU_cOMMR82pE8jLniNIb4FGR06bkImqdhCzpIQ/w273-h400/100_2865.jpg" width="273" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back in the day</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">probably 2006 or 2007 </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">when she was a little </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">chunk-o-muffin.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She was quite round, like</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">manx bodies are.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Oh to pick up that furry baby</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">again and hold her close.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#TBT</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">#missingyou</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-37966682384970340272022-08-17T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-17T00:00:00.282-04:00Boo Hoos<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnpUItdnbgKEEOqvq9NW93EGpunSMqMw_SJUmBSkSt8JpAvbg_bA1nHVwH-jV3gpI5mS_3G0h-76bj0wIHE9nDaE31H0T-KWrIU8g6FQMrLBPDVNpjc0vYPZoNO7qJlCa1owF63WpZ0yAvy3avOMM12huvViwrU8ZZD66-XrWtWe0Tj7NYA/s603/DSC_0061b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="603" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWnpUItdnbgKEEOqvq9NW93EGpunSMqMw_SJUmBSkSt8JpAvbg_bA1nHVwH-jV3gpI5mS_3G0h-76bj0wIHE9nDaE31H0T-KWrIU8g6FQMrLBPDVNpjc0vYPZoNO7qJlCa1owF63WpZ0yAvy3avOMM12huvViwrU8ZZD66-XrWtWe0Tj7NYA/w400-h354/DSC_0061b.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">She is such a beauty.</div> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-57635717768105553122022-08-16T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-16T00:00:00.268-04:00Annabelle's antics<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3OoqhvH5O792HPl9rVgSz9OP8XTRbXHJFdpIWVovR-i9d4np4EHEgQJCvIJc3Q7t2BOKPKQ2aW6-6AjLiAu3GqNhDSFCuBV714_kGgmznMnJoWYEkfQ0vHF03IStwWEgpuCX-R---l1mqtRL7CfBDM8KBsNgKM1sLCJtch5JxyePvtqX-A/s800/DSC_0055a.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="800" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiy3OoqhvH5O792HPl9rVgSz9OP8XTRbXHJFdpIWVovR-i9d4np4EHEgQJCvIJc3Q7t2BOKPKQ2aW6-6AjLiAu3GqNhDSFCuBV714_kGgmznMnJoWYEkfQ0vHF03IStwWEgpuCX-R---l1mqtRL7CfBDM8KBsNgKM1sLCJtch5JxyePvtqX-A/w400-h254/DSC_0055a.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Give me that toy!</div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15439608.post-44066990607681068282022-08-15T00:00:00.001-04:002022-08-15T00:00:00.255-04:0017th Blogoversary<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Angel Jinx</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">To all the cats who have shared the journey</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">of the past 17 years, it's been an interesting one.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I am so glad each one of them joined with me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">to create such good memories,</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and I will continue to share each one of them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">***</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">I hope for many more memories to keep</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and to share in the coming years.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>ANGEL ABBYGRACEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08777233381092226583noreply@blogger.com16