Heel 2 Heal

12/12/2024

Playful souls 😌.

12/12/2024

We take rainbow-colored naps around here 🌈 💤 ☮️😌.

12/09/2024

My angel boy. It’s been a rough last few weeks; Luca has had to rest his leg to nurse the limp, so today was the first day in a month or so that he’s gotten to swim. He was beside himself 😇💟.

12/05/2024

My precious Luca boy worked alongside me with therapy clients today. His love heals - visibly, tangibly, deeply. He heals my spirit, and others’, every single day.

12/01/2024

I realize I’ve not posted much lately. Since my family left after our wonderful visit, I’ve been in that “let down” mode I am sure we all experience from time to time. There’s been a lot of going on, some of it stressful and painful, like Luca’s aging and aching joints. But mostly, I think it’s just one of those “blue periods”, bound to come but also to go. So, here are a handful of pictures of both my pets and those I’m caring for over this Thanksgiving holiday. The kitty, Pozole, is brother to my two, Nero and Bea. Hoping you all had a nice time eating and celebrating, with two- and four-legged family alike.

11/26/2024

It’s been rainy and foggy and dreary today, both outside my window and inside my head. 🌧️

11/25/2024

The grief-for Huck and bonding-with-NeroAndBea cycle continues, in what has become a predictable pattern. The grief takes hold (especially strongly) when I see and feel a lack of connection between Luca and the cats. My heart breaks (into a million pieces) for what he has lost in his once-in-a-lifetime feline soulmate 😔💔. I cry until my face hurts. Then this happens. It’s really interesting. And it’s a reminder that every relationship, every loss, every grieving process, every individual, every cat and dog… will be different.

11/23/2024

It’s been a while since I’ve posted, because my sister , brother in law Ronan, Dad, and stepmom, Aimee, have been here visiting us. It has been as wonderful and special as the pictures convey. They left this morning and we miss them already ❤️‍🩹.

11/14/2024

While I spend a couple of nights in Los Angeles with my sister and brother in law, (who are in from England for a ten-day California experience 😃), Luca is staying with our dear friends, (who are also neighbors and pet sitting clients…and family in a most special way, as you’ll see). Nena (and her husband 🐻), along with Luca’s furriends Gypsy, Bodie, Whiskey, and Pozole (who is Nero’s and Bea’s littermate and brother!), are showing Luca the best time! And putting my heart at ease, to say the least. In this rare instance when Luca wasn’t able to stay with his Aunt Marilyn and Uncle Steve, and sissy Emma, I was - of course - nervous. But CLEARLY I had nothing to fear. Luca is 💯 at ease, safe and happy. Nothing in the world is more important to me. (Nena is also caring for the kitties). We are so blessed 🥹 and eternally grateful 🙏🏻.

11/12/2024

11/11/2024

Just my gorgeous boy on a gorgeous day 🖤💛🤍.

11/11/2024

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11/10/2024

It’s been a rough few weeks. Luca’s been limping intermittently, kicking into high gear my feeling that it’s time for him to get on a sustained regimen of arthritis treatment. This, of course, signifies and exemplifies the fact that time passes cruelly-quickly. Meanwhile, my cat Nero’s poops have been “off”, also intermittently. He is okay now, as I believe it might’ve been chicken that was disagreeing with his tummy. But it was a mess there for a while - literally. I’ve been sick the last few days as well. Today was the first day in a while that both Luca and I felt good enough to take a long-ish walk and swim - (and were joined by our pal Gaia who is with us for the weekend). Every single moment that passes is a reminder that they’re all passing - SO DAMN FAST - and they’ll never come again. And all we can do is savor and revel and hold on tightly at the very same time we must let go.

11/08/2024

The kitties, loving their indoor and outdoor enrichment 🥳💜.

11/07/2024

Lean in for comfort. Sometimes it’s all we can do.

11/05/2024

A handful of favorite moments from today 💛🖤🤎🩶💘.

11/03/2024

“Get that birdy!” 🐦‍⬛🖤.

10/31/2024