No. 233: Always With Us

No. 233, January 2014

Drawing a white dog is difficult. She is barely there, because she is full of light. -- TW

No. 234, also January 2014

Very difficult, trying to bring out all of those curls!

The reality of having a dog is so good that we have to fantasize to comfort ourselves at the end.

We create fairy tales around them, because we don’t really know the whole plan.

A Rainbow Bridge?

  

I would like to believe that dogs, cats and other innocents go to a protective place.

I would hope for dogs that there is unlimited space. Every treat and toy imaginable. Lots of other dogs that all get along and play in the sun, and then take nice shady snoozes.

But no one really knows.

All we grasp is how sick we feel, how drained we are  -- at least for a while.

Do our pets miss us? 

Maybe in those fleeting passing moments they do, as they try to say goodbye.

Do they blame us?

No. Blame is a human emotion.

Maybe that special place where they go, that place that keeps them young and playful, is simple.

It's in our minds and hearts.  That way they can never leave us.

"The wall where it hangs is one of the first spots people see when they come into our house. We have already received several compliments on it. Thanks again for doing such a wonderful job - we miss Barbie every single day and your picture reminds us of just how beautiful she really was."