Friday, November 1, 2013

Remembering Lucy

These things have not been changed,
not in three hundred years.
-John Peale Bishop


On the November Book of Hours calendar page, a peasant is throwing sticks into the trees, knocking down oak mast to fatten up his pigs.  It's that sweet-faced, patient dog in the corner that touches me this morning.

 Lucy
February 12, 2000 - October 31, 2013

My brother Dave's Golden Retriever reached the end of her fine, long life yesterday. Lucy was golden on the outside, but she also had a golden, gentle heart.  It just won't seem like a family holiday without Lucy "helping" me in the kitchen!  I used to sneak her big pieces of turkey skin when Dave wasn't looking (the aftermath was his problem ;-)

And how many people can say they've had a smile on their face for 13 years?   Like all our good pets, Lucy reminds us what's important:  Take each day as the gift it is.  Never worry. Tomorrow doesn't exist. Fuzzy toys rock. Dinner and a walk with the person you love is the highlight of the day.  And when you find warm, soft grass-- roll.

Lucy will be missed by everyone who knew her.


 What we have once enjoyed
we can never lose;
All that we love deeply,
becomes a part of us.

-Helen Keller

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