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Along with the joy of sharing stories of sleddies here, there is another side to that joy. It may not be the full opposite, but it's a sadness that inevitably shows up once one of our community passes away. Whether you believe there's a rainbow bridge or a dog park in the sky, or just an end and nothing more, i like to believe that when one of my sleddie friends passes, they join those who've gone before them and they continue an existence somewhere, playing, running, napping and doing whatever their sweet, sleddie, souls desire. Maybe it doesn't make sense, but it works for me. A few of my buddies in our community passed away in the past months - in fact I started writing this on April 1 and had to put it aside for all this time because the weight of coming up with something to write for each of them that may come close to conveying my thoughts and feelings about knowing them as individuals, was a big weight. I know it’s not about me, but the reality is, it’s just me here doing this thing and being human. So, I suppose as some kind of a procrastination measure, I shared a collage showing 54 of the sleddies who helped me with Part One of this project, along with an ode to those of them who’d passed away since. Perhaps I foolishly considered it might buy me some time while I collected my thoughts. But by doing so, I got messages about some of my other sleddie friends who’d passed. Almost 2 months later, more friends have passed. And now I'm here, getting further behind a self-imposed 8 ball, wondering "now what"? I've met each and every one the dogs I share. And because of that, I want to then share my individual experiences with them and what I remember about meeting them, one last time. But that’s not going to happen today. Today is recognizing that I want to share them here and now so I can ease the pressure I'm feeling and then down the road take the time I want to share more. I recently discovered I could add a Search button on this site, so between that and just perusing my archives, if you have some time, look up each dog and see how they touched just one life - mine. To the families of each of the sleddies below, thank you for opening up your home and your heart. May you rest in peace and love my friends, wherever that may be: Birch Cane Fiddle (seen also in our blog header above xo) Flash Kirika Millie Luna (1) Luna (2) Penny River Shrek Blog Comments I like to think Fiddle is reunited with all her old sleddie buddies <3 Thank you for loving them and sharing their stories. |
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