The Top Ten Things Dead People Want to Tell Living People

"1. They're not dead. 

2. They're sorry for any pain they caused.
 
3. There's no such thing as a devil or hell. 

4. They were ready to go when they went. 

5. You're not ready. 

6. They finally understand what they were missing. 

7. Nothing can prepare you for the beauty of the moment you arrive. 

8. Don't try to understand this now, but life is exceedingly fair. 

9. Your pets are as crazy, brilliant and loving, here, as they were there.
 
10. Life really is all about love, but not just loving those who love you... "

In their own words, 
    The Universe

It's that day - Happy Birthday Ed

You would be fifty years old today. 

You'd have met it with equanimity

and humor.

Eddie Sutliffe 10/10/64 - 04/05/96

The silence of loneliness; 

it's way different than the peace of being alone.

~C.Fontaine

You and I, we both have our pink shirts on today buddy.

Rest in Peace

This morning's lovely message from Tut - thought I'd share as it applies to all

"Each blossom still blooms in its field; each child still clutches your hand; each friend still lingers in your heart. 

And that, dear Cheryl, is where time goes."

Forever young, 
    The Universe


www.tut.com

I found a gift this morning

I didn't buy  Praying Mantis eggs this year and haven't seen any since moving to Lancaster, PA. But there s/he was sitting on my rosebush this morning when I watered. This insect will chomp its way through tons of plant pests for the entire summer.  Hopefully, if she is female, a mate will find her before the summer's end. Unfortunately for him it will be his end as well as once he has impregnated her, she will grab him with her very strong front legs and eat his head. I have seen this happen and it is not a sight for the faint of heart.

But that is Nature for this particular beast, and it is fascinating.

Thank you Universe for giving me this wonderful insect today.

Two excellent dogs

These are Old Dog Haven dogs. Penny on the big cushion I adopted shortly after moving to Lake Stevens and she was with me for about six years, which made her 15 or 16 when she died.   A dog that got thrown out by somebody for whatever reason, it wasn't good enough. She was loving, loyal, protective, funny, and beautiful. She was much loved and is much missed.

Missy the overweight Dalmatian. Someone put her in the basement with a large bag of kibbles and left her there alone. Dalmatians are sensitive, social, oh so loving animals.  She ate and ate to comfort herself in her loneliness. I fostered her for awhile until someone adopted her and took her home. That was an adoption I regret to this day - I never should have let her go, and the reason why thereafter I ever only took in 'final refuge' dogs. Those are dogs who would never be put up for adoption but that I would love and care for until the end of their days.

People throw away dogs for all kinds of reasons:  "We're moving, we have a new baby, we wanted a puppy, he didn't like my brother"....once a dog is in "the system" there is very little chance he will ever get out, especially if that dog is old, black, or a so-called 'bully' dog.

People throw away dogs that would protect them unto death, dogs that would love them no matter how ugly, how mean they became, dogs that would stay by their side through sickness, homelessness, the sun's fierce rays or winter's harshest storm.

Millions of dogs are dying because people won't walk into a pound or shelter and welcome a "used" dog into their arms, preferring instead to perpetuate another kind of inhumanity; puppy mills. Because that is what they do every time an animal is purchased from a pet store, Craigslist, or  the want ads. Puppy mills are a blight, an inhumane disaster for dogs and many other species. They exist for one reason only, to increase the income of those who run them.