It’s September 14th, 2006. I’m at my veterinarian’s office as the dreaded words come out of his mouth, “she may have cancer – cancer of the spleen.” I look at Shen, my 11-year-old collie/shepherd mix. She looks healthy, vibrant even. How could she possibly have cancer? Over the past month she has had occasional episodes ofContinue reading “Tapestry of Grief”
Category Archives: Grief
Wisdom, Dreams and Spirits
I am reading and writing more these days. And part of my reading has been returning to some of my old writings and journals. I found the following from January 4, 2023. Wisdom. I read the following from “The Web has no Weaver” right before I fell asleep last night: “Wisdom is not certainty orContinue reading “Wisdom, Dreams and Spirits”
Grief’s Invitation: A Poem for Mister
On Christmas Day I find myself missing my boy Mister. He arrived in my life as a puppy. I was supposed to just foster him and place him up for adoption. I ‘failed’. In the animal welfare world the term you hear is ‘foster failure’, a term of endearment – when you end up adoptingContinue reading “Grief’s Invitation: A Poem for Mister”
Ahnung Way 