Brand New World

It’s SOOO cold outside Gerry boy; I’m half glad that you’re not having to deal with these low temperatures.  I think I was picking ticks off of you this time last year! Mother Nature is making up for the last You would NEVER have wanted to do ‘big business’ with these wind chill factors, and I wouldn’t have blamed you.  I’ve missed you these past few days.  School got cancelled for 2 days and we could’ve had snow days together.  Instead of getting to take naps with you, your blanket had to suffice…and it only made me sad…I wasn’t even sleepy.  I just wanted to pet you and look out the window until we DID get drowsy and take that nap.  I miss the sound of your breathing putting me to sleep.  Good night, big boy.

Wishing all of the Tripawd members a NEW YEAR, with lightness and laughter, and continuing on into the future with faith, love, and good health.  ~Danielle

I kid you not, Gerry visited me in a half dream yesterday morning.  I was in and out of a nap on “our” bed, and I SWEAR, I felt and saw his fur…his leg touched me twice, and when I sat up and looked I could see he was leaving the bedroom.  Then I awoke.  I’d had a “worrying” dream the night before.  At some point in my dream I realized I hadn’t put water in his bowl for EVER, and in my confusion, realized he was gone.  Waking up sucks, sometimes.

This is a picture of  Gerry in December of 2014, two years before his diagnosis.  Curling up into the smallest bed possible was one of his Favorite things.  I think it comforted him to feel snug as bug in a rug, so to speak.  I was smart enough to put his original mattress near the radiator, so that he’d be warm in the winter if he picked that bed to sleep in.  Can you see how his tail is ALL curled around his whole face?  It was the cutest thing to see.  I believe I see snow out of the window, which I wouldn’t be surprised about. 2002-2004 winters were brutal!