Mourning Family

We all mourn differently and to watch our family mourning is very interesting and educating... and of course heart-wrenching.

The two legged family has cried--still--my husband mopes around sad, I am sad and angry and Olivia, she tells us to be quiet, "Rah-Rah is sleeping."

When she sees dad and me crying she looks at us with her deep blue concerned eyes and tells us to kiss each other. My little (big) Amore girl!



My (our) very good friend Paulo was on her way over Sunday to give Max a baptism present, she got shocked when she got the news when arriving. Ranger was also her favorite dog of our four!

What was wonderful in that devastating moment of grief was that Paola took over the phone, called the ER station and wanted the whole situation explained. She also called two other veterinarians to find out if everything had been taken cared properly.

We told her we wanted Ranger's body from the vet clinic where he had died, and we desired cremation since we wanted to be able to bring the ashes with us when we moved. She made some calls to various places, conducting research on the phone (on a Sunday morning) and the only place that would do cremation individually (opposed to a mass incineration) was more than a three hour drive from here and only cremated once a week. The weather is getting hotter and it would be impossible to have his body here for so long. Paola told us about a cemetery outside Varcaturo that is so beautiful, "I cried when I walked out of there because it is so beautiful." she told us.

She made all the arrangements, called the cemetery several times and they would come and pick him up the next day in the morning and we could follow.

Paola we love you for your loving support and love. Super Amore!