My all-time favorite birthday pic-turned-painting of my beautiful boy - Gibson.   M y beloved Epi heart dog, Gibson, would be 20 years old today! Woo! December 16, 2025 marked the 10-year anniversary of him earning his furangel wings , and although I have never stopped missing my sweet, big wooly boy, I feel him by me every single day since.     My sweet boy when he first came home at 4 months old! Gibson was a warrior! He was diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy in 2009, shortly after his third birthday. He torn a CCL, which healed via Conservative Care Management, he had a almost deadly reaction from bromide toxicity when the compounding pharmacy suddenly changed the capsule formulation (and did not notify the vets nor the public) which brought on a severe case of ataxia, which thankfully, I caught right away and my vet was able to successfully detox him, thus saving his life.  Gibbie went on to have GI issues and a weak hind end (from the Epi meds), and...

  O nce again, please know this  post is NOT to alarm anyone. It's just another informational post for awareness for dogs who live with seizures and/or Canine Epilepsy. Some Epi-dogs (dogs with epilepsy) are affected by lunar, solar, and a myriad of atmospheric changes, and it can possibly trigger a seizure before, during, and even after an event. Other Epi-dogs may not be affected at all. According to an article over at CNN Science , " The wolf moon, the first full moon of the year, will ring in 2026, gracing the sky this weekend, but the lunar event will make the Quadrantid meteor shower a bit harder to spot. The silvery orb will start to look large in the sky around New Year’s Eve and will reach peak illumination at 5:03 a.m. ET Saturday, according to The Old Farmer’s Almanac . The day before January 3 and the day after, the moon will appear full,” said Noah Petro, chief of NASA’s Planetary, Geology, Geophysics and Geochemistry Laboratory at Goddard Space Flight Cent...

FiveSibes #Flashback ~ "Gibson" ~ New Year's 2015   Bells of the New Year by John Mark Green     "Another year has come and gone. Time does not wait, it travels on.   This chapter closed, we turn the page; Remembering all we lost and gained. Let's raise our hearts and turn to face The dawning light of this new day. May courage be the song we sing As hopeful bells of New Year's ring."    Opening up this New Year's #FBF Blog Hop early to celebrate the howliday!  💚 Memories Are Visits For The Heart ❤️   ***NOTE: If you have to post Anonymously, be sure to add your name/blog name in the comment so we know who you are!*** JOIN US  for our weekly #FlashbackFriday Blog & Social Media Hop! The Linky tool below for the Blog Hop will open all week for you to join us and share pics from yesteryear or yesterday! Please include our badge and *link back to us*, and  be sure to hop along down Memory Lane with us and visit the oth...