Monday, February 15, 2010

Daisy (1992 - 2010)

In the midst of everything else, today we said goodbye to a very special member of our family. Daisy has been around for almost as long as Jennifer and I have been married. She has traveled the world with us, accompanying us on all of our adventures.

Daisy was there the day we brought home Francesca...and Francesca always referred to Daisy as her sister. Unless of course Francesca had Daisy locked in her room for a session of "school", in which case Daisy would begrudgingly assume the role of attentive student.

Daisy, from the 2004 photo shoot which landed her the title of "Miss October 12th" in the 2006 edition of the 365 Days of Dogs calendar.

From her years as my running partner, a spry 9-year old Daisy sticking out her tongue for this Easter 2002 photo.

So tonight we went out for dinner and reminisced on the love and companionship that was Daisy. And then we laughed when we started to name off all the things she chewed up. That part actually took up a good portion of our dinner...and it was a long dinner!

We are thankful for the time we had together and comforted knowing she is not in pain anymore. Daisy was a true family member and will be sorely missed.

Paul.

4 comments:

  1. My heart is sad. I remember all of the adventures I had while 'driving Miss Daisy'!
    Nona

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  2. I'm so sorry. I loved seeing Daisy's pictures in Francesca's photo album, when we had 'pet day' in our class. You lost a precious family member. Our prayers are with you. Betsy

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  3. I'm so sorry about the loss of Daisy. I still remember her as the only dog I've ever known to "smile". ~Kim

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  4. Deeply sorry to hear about Daisy. We remeber when we met her, she was loving, sweet and good to travel with...remeber Abruzzo? Knowing Daisy helped us getting a dog, we've learned through her what great gits animals are to our crazy life. Love to all Cristina, Alex, Emily and Gianpaolo

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