It’s been a year since Murphy left us. 12 months of sadness, tears, anger at that stupid “C” word. How unfair that he beat one cancer for so long just to be taken by a different one! At the time that we lost him, Cassie was getting worse with her walking, so taking care of […]
For the past 5 years this day meant something … this year, it’s just another day. I worked today, just like I did that day 5 years ago. I’ve thought about him today, just like I did that day. But today I don’t have him to celebrate. I don’t have to make plans to go […]
Friday’s weather was nice (well, for Michigan in January, 37 is fairly nice!) and we took Cassie outside in her wheelchair. She had a wonderful time walking down the sidewalk, stopping to eat snow, walking in the street, sniffing the air. We spent about 30 minutes letting her walk and sniff – the longest time […]
Today would have been when we celebrated Murphy’s birthday. He was about 8 months old when we adopted him, so we don’t know his exact birthday, so this is the day that was guestimated as his day. A year ago we were celebrating with peanut butter apple cupcakes, this year it’s just another day. I […]
Well actually, it’s been 6 months and 12 days, but who’s counting? A lot has happened in those months. Cassie’s bulging discs & arthritis are getting worse. We’ve done all kinds of therapy – acupuncture, laser, laser acupuncture, electronic acupuncture, toe-up shoe, medications and we even tried the water treadmill (that was a bust!). She’s […]