to remember you always...

I had been out of town for a couple of weeks and finally took some time to go through a pile of mail that was on the table.

As I was sorting through it, one piece of mail, in particular, caught my eye. It was sent from the Vet's office. I slowly opened the envelope. It was a sympathy card. I looked at the picture for a couple of seconds and began thinking about my beloved pet, Coqueta, and how much I missed her.

As I opened the card to read it, out came a piece of fur from my beloved pet tied in a red ribbon. My heart ached. I began to cry.

goodbye my pet...!

Coqueta

2/9/91 - 12/21/06

Goodbye to my sweet pet and loyal friend. You were always by my side. So many years together and now I turn around and you are no longer there. Oh, how I miss you so!

You will be forever in my heart.

snow cacti

"Gris!", my husband yells out. "Kristy called and said to look out the window, it's snowing!" "Do I have to get up." I moaned, as it was early in the morning and we were still in bed. (I really didn't want to see snow... what I wanted to see was the sun!!!)

Beebo immediately gets up and rushes to the window. And to his disappointment says, "Ah, that's nothing!"

I got up to look out the window and there were several patches of snow on the ground and a few flakes were falling.

As we were eating breakfast, I glanced towards the window and realized I couldn't see out the window anymore. I assumed because it was cold outside. I opened the door and I freaked! I yelled out "Holy cow!" "It's really snowing!"

I've never seen so much snow in Las Cruces! If it wasn't for the cacti, I could have sworn we were in Chicago.