Re: [PyrNet-L] Touched by My Angel

[Alison Chorney <alison_chorney@yahoo.com>]

That was just beautiful.   What a wonderful continuation of Sam's
spirit and the perfect way to remember him - making someone happy!!! 
Thanks for sharing.

Alison Chorney





---Colette and Warrick Wilson  wrote:
>
> I have often sat and thought about the incredibly strong influence
Pyrs
> have on our lives.  I suppose this kind of influence can extend from
> other breeds but I seem most often touched by the Pyr spirit.
> 
> Our Sam, went to the bridge in September.  Despite the passage of time
> and introduction of a new dog, I still feel his absence and experience
> the sting of grief daily.  This weekend, he reached out to me from the
> Bridge and gave me the most incredible feeling of comfort and peace
that
> I have known.
> 
> I had spun some fine wool from the results of his last "blow".  From
it
> I knitted a beret.  After he was gone, despite my intentions when
> planning and knitting it, I couldn't bring myself to wear it.  I had
to
> save it from wear and tear and harm....  it had to last forever. 
And so
> it sat...sometimes I carried it with me in my knitting bag but most of
> the time it was away.
> 
> I have an Aunt who has been diagnosed with terminal cancer.  She is my
> favorite Aunt, if there is such a thing and a woman of incredible
faith
> and indomitable spirit.  For the past two months I have spent many
of my
> days caring for her or driving her to treatments in another city,
going
> to Dr's appointments or just sitting with her.  Despite her impending
> death she still has a wonderful sense of humor and we have enjoyed the
> benefit of that when experimenting with head wraps to cover the hair
> loss from surgery and treatments.
> 
> Last week, while sitting at the hospital and working on another
project
> (from Pyr hair) she noticed the beret.  She asked to see it and if she
> could try it on.  It fit nicely and looked really wonderful on her. 
She
> has a lovely dark complexion and eyes and the creamy color of "Sam's
> beret" were meant for each other.
> 
> She loves it and asked if she could wear it because it kept her head
> warm and was so soft against her skin which can be very itchy from the
> hair loss and the radiation burn.  I couldn't deny her...so she will
> wear it until she no longer choses to or needs to.  She is so proud of
> it, telling everyone what it is and how it came to be.
> 
> When I see her wearing it I can't help but feel like I've been touched
> by my Angel.
> 
> Colette
> 
> Colette Wilson
> Avignon Reg'd Kennels
> Great Pyrenees & Berger des Pyrenees
> Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
> mailto:avignon@bond.net
> http://www.bond.net/~warrickw/avignon/avignon.html
> 
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