John, when setting up this blog for me decided that “Puppies” would be a good category for me as I really love dogs…..all “puppies” to me, no matter how old they are.
I haven’t seen our nextdoor neighbor puppy for a few days now and am hoping that he was just away for the weekend. [...]
Archive for January, 2008
Buddy
Posted in The Dog Lover In Me on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Unattained Birthday
Posted in Elder Care, Family & Friends on January 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phyllis would have been 89 years old today—-missed the birthday by just 20 days. I’m sure she didn’t mind missing it; but Happy Birthday anyway, Auntie! Jack and I will attend Mass at St. Anne’s today in honor of this day.
Janurary 22, 2008
Laid to Rest
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends on January 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Tomorrow will be two whole weeks since we had Aunt Phyllis’ funeral. She looked very peaceful and beautiful though not really like herself. We were told they had to work very hard to build her up as she was so thin; but she, indeed, did look wonderful.
The weather today started out as [...]
Peace in Paradise
Posted in Elder Care, Faith, Family & Friends on January 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Phyllis found her final peace at 4:10 p.m. on Wednesday, January 2, 2008 with Debbie, Peter and Siggi, Jack and Peggy, Julianne the hospice nurse, and Jennie the hospice aide, surrounding her. No matter how long we prepared for this, and prayed for her peaceful death, it was still difficult—-we loved her so very [...]
