“You’re the best, Sammi.”
Every day, multiple times, my wife would tell this to our dog. And she was right. The best dog we have ever owned. A gentle, kind, loving member of the family for the last 12 years. And now she is gone. We had a veterinarian come to our home yesterday and help her leave as gently as she lived.
Emotional day for us, yesterday. And continues on.
Today we took a drive to another county park south of us. Peaceful, still mostly frozen. What seems like a small river below us, is actually melt water pushed up onto the beach. What seems like sand dunes past the “river” is actually sand covered ice. With more ice pushed up to the shore, extending far out to the horizon. Last year at this time, it was blue water, no ice.
This year, we wait for Spring.