This is a sad one.
Sneaking in, as I promised I would. We just finished a movie, the stockings are hung, and Sean just handed me the last of the eggnog. I’m warning you, this is a sad one.
The time since I last wrote has not been as we had expected. As some of you may know, our sweet pup Asha, passed away on Monday, five weeks to the day we brought her home.
Her health took a sudden and extreme decline 10 days ago. At emergency that night, we learned her littermate had succumbed to similar symptoms. She spent three days in ICU, until we were able to bring her home as we waited for test results. She left us before we could find out, but the hypothesis is a congenital degenerative brain disease. As a rescue it’s hard to know for sure. Maybe the tests will tell, maybe not. All we know is, her loss shattered our hearts just as she filled them.
She came on Diwali, the festival of light, and went on the solstice, the darkest night. As my mum put it, she was a shooting star.
This holiday season is a indescribably hard for countless folks. I don’t have much at this moment, but I’ve been thinking a lot about this piece from Meena Harris.
I’ll be back sooner than two weeks. I don’t know when, but you can expect me.
Take care, and all the happy and merry to you and yours. May the day be filled with joy.