#FiveSibes Flashback Friday: A Journey Toward A Husky's Holistic Healing

Flashback: Gibson and Hu-Mommy, December 2014

With this being the month of Purple Day® and awareness for dogs with Canine Epilepsy, I was going over my journey with my beloved Gibson. Today's Flashback photo is when Gibson and I did a long-distance Reiki session with Marta Banat of All Paws Massage in Canada. I am an advocate of holitic healing and natural care, but I had never had any experience with Reiki. I went into it journaling the event, and you can read all about our experience HERE in my post. It was a wonderful, peaceful bonding time for my boy and I, and when you share your life with a dog that has epilepsy, all the natural methods of surrounding them in a peaceful environment is so important. This is now a moment in time that resides in my heart forever, and am forever grateful for my daughter capturing his moment on film.

“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.”  
― Karl Lagerfeld

 



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Share your fave pics from Memory Lane from yesteryear or yesterday, grab our badge, link to us and join in our weekly Flashback Friday Blog Hop! Hop link is open all week! 




We are also joining in Four-Legged Furballs 15andMeowing this week for the very first time for their fun Friendly Fill-Ins! My answers are in italics and underscored! Want to join in, visit them HERE! 

Friendly Fill-Ins Week 149


1. I admire warriors (dogs and humans with health issues) and their caregivers.
2. I can’t wait for my hyacinths to bloom.
3. I’m proud to say I'm a mom of a beautiful young lady, a grandmom to a beautiful grandson, and a humom to five fabulous Huskies.
4. (After my bad spill on ice) Falls make(s) me nervous.



SAVE THE DATE!!! 
Stay tuned for details on our 5th Annual FiveSibes™ #LiveGibStrong Purple Day® For Epilepsy Awareness Blop Hop! I'm joined by co-hosts Confessions of a Rescue Mom and Knotty Toys for Good Dogs! Badge below. Link goes live 12:01 AM EST on March 26TH Blog Hop! Check back for deets & info on our joint live Facebook event! Join in and Show Us Your Purple in support of humans and K9s living with Epilepsy! Also, check out my important 4Knines article on K9 Epilepsy Education & Clinical Trials HERE.
 


Comments

  1. LaylasWoofMarch 22, 2019 at 3:47 PM

    Your Flashback Fridays always remind me of memories also plus thanks for the reminder for March 26 which I will for definite be posting on social media.

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  2. pilch92March 22, 2019 at 8:20 PM

    Thank you for joining in the fill-ins, great answers. Be sure to link up so everyone will visit. I added my link to last week's by accident so I will add it to this link up too.I bet your grandson loves all the sibes :) I admire anyone who rises above illness too. Have a nice weekend!

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  3. Tails Around the RanchMarch 24, 2019 at 10:42 AM

    Animal Reiki in particular is such a bonding and beautiful experience and from what I've seen, a wonderfully effective therapy.

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  4. The Menagerie MomMarch 28, 2019 at 4:51 AM

    Thank you for participating in the Friendly Fill-Ins! Such warriors and their caregivers really are great inspirations. We can learn so much from them.

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