Aug 01, 2019
Caeli, our August calendar girl
This is a tough one to write. Caeli was my girl and I am missing her so very much. She was born April 1 2005 and died March 29, 2017, just three days shy of her 12th birthday.
August 2019 calendar photo.
I just love her puppy photo, middle left. She was born with a beautiful face mask that faded over time but did come back a bit near the end. Top right is a photo of Caeli with the only toy she ever played with. It is a mini bow tie with a squeaky, given to her by Gramma Katie. She carried it everywhere and often would hide it by burying it in the sand or here in Canada in the garden. She would use her nose to cover it and her poor nose often had skin missing. We had to watch where the buried it in case she forgot. It was a very precious stuffed toy as it was the only thing she ever played with. Sadly, it disappeared one day in Mexico. We tore the RV and yard apart and never found it. Looking back I think it somehow got tangled up in the bed sheets and got lost at the lavenderia. Once we got home I must have ordered her a dozen different bow ties, as close in color and size to her original one. She would touch none of them. Eventually she started playing with an old sprinkler head, see the bottom right photo. She sometimes carried in her mouth as if it was a huge cigar, so comical. Our landscaper was changing a few broken heads out and she grabbed one and ran with it. That became her second and only toy. If you take those three cameo photos out, you see Caeli barking at the horses as they head back down the beach, homeward bound for the night. She would bark at them from our site and even when we came up to them on the beach. Sometime she chased them but they totally ignored her.
Before I wrote this post I put Caeli into the search bar at the top right of my blog page and so many things came up. Some made me laugh, others made me cry as I reread how sick she had been few times and almost died. As I read through some of these posts I realized that my dear friend and long time blog reader Sandy and her husband Rex had left just a few days before we said goodbye to the girls. Sandy, you might remember this post. I of course totally forgot about your visit once we had to deal with the girls and their health issues. So many memories. I am so happy to have my blog to be able to go back and read about various situations and see the photos of the que pasa of our lives with the girls.
Taken the end of November 2016.
I have been on quite the journey into the past tonight. Time to stop and to stop the tears. I am so grateful to all of our girls, we would not be who we are without having had them in our lives.
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So many wonderful memories yo have of the girls, I have many as well from so many years ago and all the different pets I have had as well.
I had no idea that you used to have pets. Yes they become a deep part of our past.
U know… I can’t imagine how this is for u, when Everytime u have a blog about “the girls” I tear up n cry, must be even so much more sad for you. I still have my Luci, she will be 14 this year and can’t imagine life without her….
So sorry that I make you sad. The memories can be both sad and happy and those are the best ones.
THEY ARE OUR LIFE. ONCE THEY ARE GONE, THERE IS A HUGE VOID WHICH I’M NOT CERTAIN EVER BECOMES ENTIRELY FILLED, NO MATTER WHAT WE DO. ANOTHER CANNOT POSSIBLY REPLACE THE LOST ONE. EACH IS UNIQUE AND WHY WE LOVE THEM SO.
SENDING TONS OF HUGS.
Nice to hear from you my friend. A huge void is a very good description.