Mommy loves you, Ginny.

Our dear girl.

10-31-2011

10-20-2024

She really had a gentle spirit.

Except when people stopped by...then she lost her mind, she was so happy!!!

What great smiles!

The holding hands is just too sweet!

Ginny especially loved her big sisters.

She especially loved begging for food. She never snatched it.

But was there for the long stare down.

We should have walked her more.

My favorite place in all of Chicago is the dog park.

Her most pretty pose.

She had a wonky eye but it was not noticable when she got older.

Welcome home.

Ginny was breed with love by a bird hunting family.

When we named Ginny, Ginny my sister Janice was delighted because she loved the Harry Potter books.

(Mary also! )

My sister Janice had the most beautiful and perfect line...every stick will be a wand....

and I can't remember all of it and I have spent over and hour trying to find it. I'm afraid the quote is in the long deleted comments.  Too bad.

Do you remember what you said Janice.  It was poetic and delightful.

 

Final photo of our honey.  We had a comfort room.  Candles and Hershey Kisses.  Ginny got to eat kisses and cheese and Chocolate cake before she went to sleep.  She could not eat easily but managed. Ginny was confused and did not recognize us.  It was so hard.  The staff at the emergency Vet was incredible.  Kind and gentle and sweet and reassuring. 

We cried and cried. And I cry even now.

We sure were lucky to have such a good girl come live with us.  She gave us lots of love and comfort and joy.

Mommy loves you Ginny.

Chicago Tribune Fall Tradition

This cartoon is about the only thing I remember from my childhood newspaper reading!

(Except, of course, the sports section, Chicago Blackhawks articles.)

But, truly, I watched for this cartoon each fall and loved to study the landscape change from haystacks to teepees....smoke to the Indians.

It just fascinated me.  

It's older than I realized, 1907, and it is not run in the paper any more.

You can read all about it if you're interested in the link below.

 

Learn the history behind the famous cartoon:Injun Summer

Reminiscing,

Donna

Holy Ground

"No matter where life takes you... the place where you stand at any moment is holy ground.  Love hard and love wide and love long, and you will find the goodness in it."

~Susan Vreeland

Love of place.

Love of other.

Love of God.

Holy Ground.

When I thought of love....

I thought of this picture.

It took me over an hour to find it...but it was fun to see hundreds of other pictures that spoke

love.

love hard, love wide, love long.

amen

Donna Elsie

“If I ever go looking for my heart's desire again, I won't look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn't there, I never really lost it to begin with.”

~Noel Langley, Wizard of Oz Screenplay

Add to the Beauty: Farrow and Ball

 

I found this to be just so lovely I had to share it with you.

It's simple, beautiful and so peaceful.

soothing

that's the word.

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did!

Add to the beauty,

Donna

There is a place

I wanted to get this lovely quote up on the blog.

I think of my parents at the end of September and when I think of them I think of Sue....

and then I think of all those who have gone on before me.

Just this weekend I was watching a kdrama called "Love Next Door."  The female lead is being proposed to and she is hesitating because she has had cancer and doesn't really know for sure what the future holds.  Her boyfriend, who she has know her whole life, tells her he wants to be with her 'one hundred years, ten years, or even just one day.'  

"our time is finite"

We really never know.

Your pain is not meaningless

Do not lose heart.

Be eternity focused.

This helps.

And that Tolkien quote...

full of hope.

Encourage one another,

Donna