I have had you on my mind, Anna, nonstop, since I read your original post yesterday. My heart is just heavy and I don't know what to say to you that will make you feel better. If I had the right words, I'd be saying them to myself, over and over, and to all the others who have suffered such great loss in their lives.

You know, we are your real world. We're real. We hurt and agonize with you as if it were our own family member that departed. This is a wonderful place, with wonderful, real friends, who share one precious gift in common, our love for our animals.

I realized, this morning, that tomorrow is the first anniversary of losing Zipper. Like Emerson, he was with us for too short of a time. I'm not sure there is ever long enough, to tell you the truth, but it is a different kind of grief when you let them go after they have lived full, healthy lives. That has at least been my experience. No less painful, just a bit easier to swallow. You didn't get that with Emerson and we didn't get that with Zipper or Lilly.


I'm not a good one to talk with, probably, unless you need to have a good crying session. That, I can do, very easily.

Please know that I am thinking of you and Mark and your precious babies and you will be in my prayers.

Logan