Posts

Showing posts from November 14, 2013

Saying goodbye ~~~~

Image
I will have to say that this last month has seriously sucked and being a grown-up isn't all it's cracked up to be, at times:( On October 26th, we said goodbye to my baby girl  Lily. One of the hardest things for a fur parent   is to have to decide whether to continue to watch their baby suffer or to end the pain and say goodbye. I thought that that was one of the hardest decisions I would ever have to make. Fast forward just a little over a week .... I sat in a small, quiet consultation room with my Mother,  helping her make the same decision about my step-father. My step-father passed away on Monday Nov.4 less than 2 hours after being taken off of his breathing tube. Michael John McBride You were much loved and you will be sorely missed.  My mother seems to be coping well.  Like me, she is comfortable with her own company and she and Mike recently adopted 12 year old Sadey. I think Mom is going to be fine. Her awesom