Just a quick hello.
Came back from Disney World late Tuesday night. Had a good trip although my friend wound up with a sinus infection and wasn't feeling great the whole trip. Still managed to have fun despite that and RAIN! Planning a return trip in march to research butterfly and pollinator plants.
Today I had to take my parent's dog to be put down. Gretal lived a long life and was 16 1/2, but that time came to say good-bye and send her to the rainbow bridge to be with the other pets and wait for my dad to meet her. Mom still feels maybe she should have waited but I reassured her the vet said she did the right thing. Gretal was blind, falling down stairs and getting into weird hiding places that she couldn't get out of. I think mom knew in her head it was time, but her heart wasn't sure. Gretal crossed over in the same blanket she was brought home in as a puppy and I stayed with her stroking her head and talking to her until the end. I cried like a baby the whole morning and she wasn't even my dog. I told mom just think of all the fun times we had with her. I think I will miss her most at family gatherings where she sat under the dining room table whining until Dad dropped her food. Mom would get angry because she didn't want her to have table food, so dad would look and make sure mom wasn't paying attention and would drop something down. She is already telling him the new puppy will NOT be fed table food. Dad keeps trying anyway.
Good night all, off to bed to read myself to sleep
(a day late)
for Greta. May she rest in peace on the Rainbow Bridge
