T oday is #WorldPetMemorialDay … Share Your #Furangels below! Always in my heart are my beloved #FiveSibes : Harley, Gibson, Wolfie, Chloe & Bandit, Smokie (our honorary husky cat who adopted us), and our first (as a married couple) rescue pups Chelsey, and Sandy. "What we once enjoyed and deeply loved we can never lose, for all that we love deeply becomes a part of us." ~Helen Keller    A good tool for families with children  who have lost a beloved pet , or a Therapy Dog handler, veterinarian, etc., is my special award-winning FiveSibesTale,    Wolfie, What is the   Rainbow  Bridge?  An excellent, sensitive tool for families that include an elementary school reading specialist approved word list, plus a special creative section for children to create their own. memorial. *Spoiler Alert: the dog does NOT die in the book.*   Purchase the book on Amazon HERE . (Shhh, I hear they are running a sale right now, too!)   Read...

  Ten years. A decade. Without my beloved heart dog and Epi-warrior, Gibson. D ecember can be a the most wonderful time of the year, and it is...but, it as I've also written for the past 10 years, it can also be a very melancholy time of year, too. I sure feel both.  Post Bath: all fluffy and clean! Wasn't Gibson was the cutest fluffball!    Gibson became part of my family in 2006 when he was just four months old. When I saw him—a dirty, stinky, ball of fluff with a winky eye who came loping toward me in what was to become his signature bunny-hip-hop style—my heart surged. I was in love. I didn't care that lady told me she thought something was "wrong with him because he had an odd eye."   What? He had a parti-eye! Clearly she knew nothing about Sibeiran Huskies! I didn't care. Gibson chose me and I chose him. I only wish I had taken more pics of us together. He grew up so fast! And I was usually the one behind the camera taking their pics. But, I digress......