TBT

I love this image of her.

I can almost hear her snoring.

She snored so loud you could hear it

a room away.

She nearly always covered her nose

with her paw.

Such a peaceful pose.

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

As time goes on I've discovered

my grief has changed. Your meows

sound further away, your hugs 

are no longer fresh in my mind,

and the way you lit up the room

with your beautiful face feels 

like a distant memory. In some ways

I miss you more now 

than when I did you I first lost you.

It doesn't get easier with time

the pain just looks different.

**

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

Before you leave

you must know you are beloved

and before you leave

remember I was with you

and as you leave

I won't hold back

Beloved.

BELOVED
(by Mumford and Sons)

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

8/3/2013

see  grief it just like glitter

it's hard to brush away

bright lights and still it shimmers

like it was all just yesterday

and it falls like confetti

all of the memories explode like

a hand grenade

and it's sweet and it's bitter

grief is like glitter

and what a mess it makes.

Glitter

(by Patrick Droney)

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

2011

It was a day to hang out in the laundry room.

#TBT

#missingyou

#twoangels

 

TBT

2011

She was content to be outside on the porch.

They all love it.

But she loved a good sun puddle.

#missingyou

#TBT

 

TBT

Light challenges us to remember

and care for those amongst us

for whom the light has grown dim,

for the light,

when it comes,

comes for all.

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

July 2012

***

A girl and her box.

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

January 2007

If there was a box in the house.

Abby had first dibs on it!

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

Christmas Day 2008

She was so happy to be in the middle 

of all the packages.

#missingyou

#TBT

 

TBT

Christmas 2007

Can you see the rivalry?

Boo on the left,

Abby on the right.

In the dominant position too!

Girls no fighting on Christmas Day

#TBT

#missingyou

 

#TBT

C.2011

Just this week, I took photos of Annabelle

laying in the sun in the same window in the same 

spot.

I will always remember Abby, always my little

love.

#TBT

#missingyou

She wouldn't look up at me.

But the sun was at the wrong angle 

so it did wash out the one good photo I got

of her looking up at me.

 

TBT

I used to have a rather large Santa.

In another galaxy, light years ago,

(with a bad camera)

I took this photo.

It's a good memory.

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

C. 2006

She was tiny but mighty.

Deeply missed 

and

always loved.

#TBT

 

This Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is today.

If you lost someone, or are battling with an illness 

yourself, or with someone you love today

you may not feel much like celebrating anything.

But as the season change, and we are pushed more 

inward we can give thanks for having a 

chance to reflect and remind ourselves that life 

is a circle of loss and renewal.

***

Perhaps you notice you can do something kind for

someone not expecting it.

You never know how it may make their day bearable.

All of us never knows how hard their life is

because no one likes to burden their pain on someone else.

***

So this Thanksgiving we come to the table where 

every broken heart has a place.

We can pass the love from hand to hand,

we can share our stories of feeling shattered

and alone,

we can talk about our stillness 

and the disillusionment.

We come to this table to nourish

one another and feast on love.

We share what we have with one another.

We bear witness to all who suffer.

***

We come to the table to say to one another

that in the grips of Grief there is hope.

We can affirm we are broken but

grace is present and will mend our wounds.

We gather to give each other encouragement

to forge ahead along the tough journey.

***

Happy Thanksgiving

 

TBT

C.2011

Doesn't she look like a fat sassy little cat?

Beautiful too.

***

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

Nov 2012

The shadows make it appear

she has only one eye.

She loved sitting up in the afternoon

sun on the kitchen table.

#TBT

#Missingyou

 

TBT

C.2007

I'm getting that wise guy look.

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

I just love the expression on her face!

#TBT

#missingyou

 

TBT

C.2013

*

Love is a bridge

between

you

and

everything

else.

~Rumi

*

*

*

#TBT
#missingyou