Tory

The vet just left a few minutes ago, as we had to put our dog Tory to sleep.

Chris found her in June of 1994, when we lived in town, as a stray on the street.

We took her in and when nobody claimed her, she stole our hearts.

Tory suffered a small stroke yesterday afternoon and wasn't able to stand or walk well.

She still had her faculties and was doling out kisses to the end.

She'll be missed, but never forgotten, like our fist dog Murphy (who went before Christmas 2002) and our cat Tigger (who left in March 1999).

That leaves us with our cat Kismet.

All of our animals have been strays, with Murphy the only planned one (adopted from the Animal Rescue League).

Each of these animals passing's has taken a bit of my heart & soul, as many can relate to somehow other things in the world don't' seem quite as important so I'm going to take a few days away.