In Memory of

Quick note.  Today, an email from a good friend.  Someone who has known Murphy since almost the day I moved back to Seattle.  She passed on the note from another neighbor, someone I don't know, whose dog just died of cancer.  This is the second dog I have known who has died in the past several weeks.  

Each email oozes of pain, loss, a sudden emptiness.

The changes in Murphy are coming rapidly now.  I gulp in thinking about what is next.