Dedication

Over the last year, as I heard about several friends losing their beloved petsogs, a jolt went through my heart, remembering what I experienced so painfully when I lost my own beloved dogs, Montag in 1987, Kessie in 1999 and Sonntag in 2001.  Little did I realize that my heart would be again jolted on August 8th when I lost my Leben, my Life. 

Since I cannot imagine taking a road trip without my dogs, I am dedicating this trip to Leben so that his memory is with me in my heart day and night. I am also dedicating this trip to those pets lost by friends over the last year so that those friends know that they do not grieve alone for their pets and that out of our common grief shall emerge the joy that those pets  gave us, a joy that shall continue with us for the rest of our lives, an all our journeys, wherever they shall take us.

Here are those pets, almost in alphabetical order. If I listed them in the order in which they were loved by their guardians, they would all be on the same line.

Zoewy, beloved companion of Barry

Chance, beloved companion of Roy

Cinnamon, beloved companion of Lauren

Daisy, beloved companion of Kathleen and Richard

Kyra, beloved companion of Rudy, Nicholas and Michelle

Leben ("Life"), beloved companion of his sister Erde and Ed

Logan, beloved companion of his two sisters, Marcy and Kintla, and Jean.

Osher ("Happiness"), beloved companion of IIonachka

Pickles, beloved companion of Faith and Steve

Scooter, beloved companion of Margie

Sidney, beloved companion of Belinda and Eric

Stormy, beloved companion of Anne

Zoey, beloved companion of Barry

In addition to Leben, here are the above honored pets:







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