The morning after we lost Kuhio, I had one of those dreams where you are aware enough to know that you are dreaming. I was lying there with my eyes closed and Kuhio was rubbing noses with me. (This was our thing -- we called them Eskimo kisses). I tried to move, but I couldn't. I tried to open my eyes, but I was frozen. Finally, I just rubbed noses with her and thanked her for coming to visit me to confirm to me that she was really gone because at that time I still held out hope that Shelter had screwed up their records (again!) and not accidently put her to sleep.

She has come to visit several times since then. Once I saw her in a dream. We were up at the cabin (her favorite place in the world) and we were walking together in the woods. She was sleek and glossy just like she was in her prime. I kept calling her, but she wouldn't look at me. It was ticking me off! When I awoke, I started laughing, because that was just like her. She would never look at you when you called her name.

Sometime when I take long bubble baths, I will talk to Kuhio in my head. I will tell her what a good girl she is and how beautiful she is and how much I miss her, etc. It never fails, but Halo will come running into the bathroom and stare at me as if to say "Did you call me?" I don't think Kuhio has been reincarnated into Halo or anything, but I do believe that they are connected. Halo was adopted from the same shelter that put Kuhio to sleep. We were too late to save Kuhio, but at least Halo got out of there alive.