~Ralph Steiner

~ Sarah Moon

Our precious Roo passed on Saturday. He had been with us for almost 10 years. He had a beautiful soul and was the favorite dog for all the grandchildren. We will miss him everyday as he was the BEST dog in the world. We have two other dogs, but Roo had a gentleness beyond belief.

Enter each day with the expectation that the happenings of the day may contain a clandestine message addressed to you personally. Expect omens, epiphanies, casual blessings, and teachers who unknowingly speak to your condition.

"The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes."

It does not mean to be in a place where there is no noise, trouble or hard work. It means to be in the midst of those things and still be calm in your heart.

When we honestly ask ourselves which people in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing, and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.

The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away. ~ Barbara Kingsolver

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.