Oh Joan. I’m crying, too, right alongside you. I’ll come back again when I can see straight and I can form some words. They totally escape me now. I’m so very sorry for you and your husband. I know what a special sweet companion Doree was to him. My husband is taking Luna’s loss so hard too. It’s just so hard for us all.

And Colleen, thank goodness you’ve been here and you *were* able to write. What you wrote is so perfect and so true. And once again your poem touches my own heart so deeply. Thank you, thank you, thank you for all of this. And especially for your hugs. I’m needing hugs so desperately right now, and I can feel yours coming straight to my heart from across the miles.

Love to you both,
Marianne