Still Alive!

Yes, we are still alive! This poor neglected blog...I am sure no one even bothers to stop in anymore :(

Sometimes, life just gets in the way and this blog (and the time that it takes to post) seems to have fallen by the wayside. So sorry.

Today, I came to revisit the blog in search of pictures of our family cat who has left us today. So sad :( He has been ailing for a while.... we all knew it was coming.... but when he took a turn for the worse today, we knew we couldn't put it off any longer.

It is such a tough decision to have the life of a pet ended. And it is even harder to try to explain it to the kids. Yes, that's right, we discussed it with the kids. I know not all parents do that. They tell their children that the pet "went to the farm" or "ran away" or....

But we made the decision to have an honest discussion about the difficult but, in our minds, most compassionate choice we could make.

The Girlie said "I don't want to have any pets anymore because they always just die!!" (This is the third pet this family has lost in four years) And as difficult as it was to hear those words between the sobs and tears, it gave us an opportuntiy to talk about life, and death, and how important it is for us to value and appreciate the time we have with those we love.

So thank you, Eddy, for the life you have shared with us and the gifts you have given us all over the years! You will be missed :(