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contributors LETTER FROM THE PUBLISHER Tis the season to dress up our furry children for fun October events. Our calendar of events page will direct you where to take your pets for fun times this season.

The Halloween pictorial is our highlight of this issue. Thank you to our readers, for sending in photos of your "spook"tacular pets.

This issue also contains many interesting articles, such as Coleen Ellis's page about the change of seasons and effect upon your pets. Dr. Ledoux, of MissionVet Specialty & Emergency, warns us of the danger of certain plants to your pets health. Let us not foget, October 16th is Global Cat Day, and the Feral Cat Coalition informs us of its meaning.

Have a safe and fun trick or treat night with your furry loved one(s).

Dana Raimondi

Tell our advertisers you heard about them in Texas Dogs & Cats– San Antonio!

The opinions of authors of articles in this Magazine are those of the writer or contributor and are not necessarily endorsed by the publisher, and the publisher has not conf irmed the accuracy of information contained in articles.

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DANA RAIMONDI is the publisher of Texas Dogs & Cats Magazine. She is a recent transplant to San Antonio from “the Windy City” but has become an admirer of the San Antonio cultural scene. Although a CPA, her true passion in life is the caring and welfare of animals.

FRAN SHERMAN has been a freelance creative director/graphic designer since 1985. Throughout these years, she has designed a myriad of materials for a staggering number of companies, and she has won numerous graphic design awards for her work, many of them for magazine/publication design.

RENEE SPADE is the owner of Renee Spade Photography. She has been spreading furry joy to pet parents with her photography/graphic design services and super-fun pet product line, The Jack & Spade Collection since 2005.

DR. DAN KIRBY, DVM, graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M with a degree in Biomedical Science in 1979 and earned his DVM in 1984. Dr. Kirby has been the owner and director of Alamo Heights Pet Clinic since 1997. He uses both a conventional and a holistic approach to medicine.

DAN GREENHOUSE , Sales Director, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has been in magazine advertising sales his entire career. He currently is the “daddy” of two Bearded Collies and “grandpa” to an Italian Greyhound.

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DR. KRISTINE HAWKINS joined the San Antonio Humane Society in April of 2016. A Louisiana native, she grew up in the capitol of Baton Rouge. She attained her undergraduate degree in neurobiology at the University of Texas in Austin. She then returned home to complete her schooling at Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine and graduated in 2009.

VERONICA PEREZ is the PR Associate for the San Antonio Humane Society and has been with the organization since 2016. She is UTSA alumni and a native to San Antonio. She currently lives under a full roof with her husband, son, two dogs, and cat, Chewie.

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You wake up to find a cat has given birth in your backyard. What do you do? This scenario happens to hundreds of people every year in San Antonio. We first would like you to put food and water out for the mom cat. She is starving and nursing kittens takes a lot of energy. If she has to hunt for food, she could get killed and then the kittens would die - unless taken in by a bottle feeder or surrogate. You will want to feed the mom kitten food, can and dry, so when she brings the kittens to her food bowls at 4 weeks, they will eat age appropriate food.

The extra calories also help the mom with nursing. If the mom is a friendly stray, a rescue might be able to take the family in and keep them for adoption. If feral, the mom will need to be trapped and spayed as soon as the kittens are weaned.

You have two options for the kittens.

They can be weaned at 5-6 weeks and must be brought inside by 8 weeks to be socialized for adoption. If they are older than 8 weeks, they need to be trapped and fixed at 3 months. That leaves a narrow window of opportunity for you and the kittens! Pictured here is an 8 week old kitten.

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8 WEEK OLD KITTEN - PHOTO COURTESY OF ALLEY CAT ALLIES

SOME OF SAN ANTONIO’S KITTENS

2018 has been an unprecedented kitten season. Rescues, fosters, and shelters have been operating at full capacity. Sadly, many of these adorable kittens miss the window to be rescued and must remain outside, struggling to survive. The San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition is an allvolunteer organization, and we will do our best to help you, whichever choice you make. The moms must be fixed first!

More fosters are needed to put an end to the suffering of innocent kittens. A female can have her first heat at four months, delivering her first litter at six months. She can go into heat again while nursing and have 3-4 litters per year. Please fix your pets! 35% of cat owners got their pets as outdoor strays. This just generates a backlog at the shelters, keeping them from taking in kittens from the public. Celebrate Global Cat Day on October 16th this year by encouraging all cat owners or feeders you know to get their cats fixed!

For information contact the San Antonio Feral Cat Coalition, sanantonioferalcats. org, Helpline: 210-877-9067

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e all know the rules; we should not feed our pets table scraps. Human foods such as grapes, raisins, and chocolate are known toxins. Our pets also chew on things that are not necessarily edible and certainly don’t ask our permission first. Plants are a prime example. While most plant ingestion will cause only minor gastrointestinal upset such as vomiting, diarrhea, or a decreased appetite, some plants can prove fatal. Many times these toxins are in our homes simply because we don’t know they are dangerous; highlighted below are two common and potentially deadly plant toxins.

BY ANNA LEDOUX, DVM

Lily toxicity only causes and diarrhea due to nonsignificant illness in cats specific gastrointestinal and most commonly occurs upset. These signs occur around holidays when within hours of ingestion the flowers are used for and generally resolve decoration. Common lilies within 24 hours. The include Stargazers, Day signs often recur in the Lilies, and Easter Lilies, days following ingestion but any variety of lilies and are due to significant should be considered toxic. destruction of the liver.

All parts of the flower Unfortunately, pets in are toxic, with the flowers this stage of illness have being the most dangerous. a very poor prognosis The stem and leaves are and the toxicity is very often chewed on and often fatal. Any suspected pollen is often transferred exposure to sago palm to the fur and subsequently should be investigated. groomed off. Initial signs Early decontamination of lily toxicity include and treatment is often very vomiting, lethargy, and successful but any delay a decreased appetite due can prove deadly. to damage and death of a Our pets are our family part of the kidneys, known PLEASE KEEP YOUR PETS AWAY FROM THESE PLANTS; WHILE and to see them sick as the proximal tubule. This PRETTY, THEY CAN BE DEADLY. because of an unknown damage results in a rapid toxin in our home is onset of kidney failure and ultimately death. Early heartbreaking. If you have questions about a new treatment often has a good outcome, but any delay in plant, cleaning chemical, pesticide, or other item treatment can result in irreversible kidney damage. It is that your pets may be exposed to, please contact your important to have any cat exposed to lilies evaluated by veterinarian. We love to help keep your pets healthy. a veterinarian and it is not recommended to keep lilies Dr. Anna Ledoux is in or around a home with cats. an emergency doctor at Sago palms are a very common plant in our area MissionVet Specialty & used primarily for landscaping but also available Emergency. She is a native in smaller forms for decoration. Sago palms are Texan who graduated from considered toxic to most animals, but dogs more Texas A&M in 2006 with commonly ingest the plant than cats. Of the different a bachelors in Biomedical varieties of palm trees, only the cycad palms are toxic.

Science and in 2011 with a As with lilies, all parts of the sago are toxic. The DVM. She has been in emergency medicine since graduation seeds contain the highest concentration of toxin and and lives in Austin with her three cats, two Greyhounds, are also the more commonly ingested part of the plant. and three-legged Dachshund.

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Penny Paws offers affordable cat and dog vaccinations, microchipping services, heartworm testing and prevention and toenail trimming. They have a licensed veterinarian on site at each location. For more information, and additional locations, visit their website at https://penny paws.com/sanantonio/ Saturday, October 6th 10am-4pm: 99 Cent Store - 2942 Thousand Oaks, SA, TX 78247 9am-11am: Family Dollar - 5202 Eisenhauer Rd, SA, TX 78218 12pm-2pm: Shaggy Dog - 3531 Oakgate Dr, SA, TX 78230 3pm-5pm: Helotes Humane Society - 10675 Shaenfield Rd, SA, TX 78254 Sunday, October 7th 12pm-2pm: Family Dollar - 6415 Spring Time St. SA, TX 78249 3pm-5pm: 99 Cent Only Store - 4350 Callaghan Rd., SA, TX 78228 12pm-2pm: La Michoacana - 2107 Goliad Rd, SA, TX 78223 3pm-5pm: 99 Cent Only Store - 3025 West Ave., SA, TX 78201 Saturday, October 13th 10am-4pm: 99 Cent Store - 2942 Thousand Oaks, SA, TX 78247 9am-11am: Family Dollar - 920 FM 2673, Canyon Lake, TX 78133 12pm-2pm: Pink Poodle - 826 I-35BL, New Braunfels, TX 78130 3pm-5pm: Auto Zone - 1715 Oak Sprawls New Braunfels, TX 78123 Sunday, October 14th 12pm-2pm: La Michoacana Meat Market - 13107 Nacogdoches Rd, SA, TX 78217

Thursday, October 4th - Blessing of the Animals & Prayer for Creation at Incarnate World (4503 Broadway St.) from 6-7:30PM. Saturday, October 6th - Bark in the Park at Sunken Gardens Theater (3875 N. St. Marys St.) from 2-7PM. Tickets are $7. There will be a pet costume contest and expo.

Sunday, October 7th - Doggie Poolooza Event at LBJ Park on Nacogdoches.

Saturday, October 13th - Helotes Humane Society A Night for Rescues at 6:30 PM. A Night for Rescues The Helotes Humane Society invites you to our second annual Night for Rescues. This year's theme is "A Night In Wonderland".

Fall down the rabbit hole and into a world of mythical beasts and unorthodox adventures! Purchase tickets at http://wonderland-tickets.eventbrite.com.

Live Oak Pet Pawlooza at Live Oak City Park (18001 Park Dr., Live Oak) from 9AM-2PM. A day full of fun, shopping, and promoting positive pet practices and pet adoption.

3pm-5pm: Pet's Barn - 9722 Potranco Rd, SA, TX 78251 Saturday, October 20th 10am-4pm: 99 Cent Store - 2942 Thousand Oaks, SA, TX 78247 9am-11am: Esplanade Gardens Senior Campus - 10790 Toepperwein Rd, Converse, TX 78109 12pm-2pm:Family Dollar - 6850 Crestway Dr., SA, TX 78239 3pm-5pm: Family Dollar - 5120 N Foster Rd, SA, TX 78218 Sunday, October 21st 12pm-2pm: Family Dollar - 6415 Spring Time St. SA, TX 78249 3pm-5pm: Kriser's Natural Pet - 427 North Loop 1604 W, SA, TX 78232 12pm-2pm: 99 Cent Only Store - 4350 Callaghan Rd., SA, TX 78228 3pm-5pm: 99 Cent Only Store - 3025 West Ave., SA, TX 78201 Saturday, October 27th 10am-4pm: 99 Cent Store - 2942 Thousand Oaks, SA, TX 78247 Sunday, October 28th 12pm-2pm: La Michoacana Meat Market - 13107 Nacogdoches Rd, SA, TX 78217 3pm-5pm: Pet's Barn - 9722 Potranco Rd, San Antonio, TX 78251

Hidden Trails Barktoberfest at Hidden Trails Community (Lemon Mint, Bulverde, TX) from 12PM-3PM. Bring your furry friends to enjoy craft beer and fun. A $5 donation gets you in the door and includes a wristband for 3 full size beers. All donations go directly to San Antonio Pets Alive!

Low Cost Pet Wellness Clinic at the San Antonio Humane (4804 Fredericksburg Rd.) from 8AM-12PM. Help your pet stay healthy with preventative low-cost wellness clinics provided by the San Antonio Humane Society! Find pricing and more at SAhumane.org/wellness-clinic.

Low Cost Pet Wellness Clinic at Brooks/Spay Neuter Clinic (8034 City Base Landing) from 9:30-2:30PM. Help your pet stay healthy with preventative low-cost wellness clinics provided by the San Antonio Humane Society! Find pricing and more at SAhumane.org/wellness-clinic.

Wednesday, October 17th - Treat your dog to the Pawderosa Ranch Balloon Festival at the Schertz location (7 Commercial Pl., Schertz, TX). Drop off is at 11AM and $15 per pup. All pups are invited to enjoy festivities including

games, fun and their very own goodie bag.

Saturday, October 20th - Wellness Event at the Brooks/Spay Clinic (8034 City Base Landing) from 9AM-3PM. In addition to the usual preventative low-cost wellness services regularly provided by the San Antonio Humane Society, we will be offering FREE Rabies and DHPP vaccines to the first 150 pets to the event.

Representatives will also be giving away freebies!

Peppers for Paws at Boerne’s Main Plaza from 10AM-4PM. Food trucks, bouncy house, live music and more!

Animal Defense League’s Annual 5K Run & Kids 1K Trick-orTrot at McAllister Park from 8:30AM- 11:30AM. This race is a dog friendly event and all proceeds benefit the ADL. 2018 Pet Fest at San Marcos Plaza from 10AM-5PM. It is located in the park by the San Marcos River with events throughout the San Marcos Plaza Pavillion Park (located at 401 East Hopkins St.) Admission is free, but it is requested that attendees bring a donation of dry pet food.

Pumpkins and Puppies at First United Methodist Church of Sequin (710 N Austin St., Sequin) Meet available shelter guests to adopt. There will be lots of fun stuff to do! Face painting, games, etc. You can also purchase fall pumpkins.

Wednesday, October 24th - Treat your dog to the Pawderosa Ranch Balloon Festival at the Airport location (923 Clydeville Road). Drop off is at 11AM and $15 per pup. All pups are

invited to enjoy festivities including games, fun and their very own goodie bag.

Saturday, October 27th - 4 Paws Howl-O-Ween Pet Costume Contest and Bash will be held from 11:30am-3pm at 4 Paws Animal Hospital. It’s our 14th year and we are ready for a Howling good time. Prizes will be given for best pet costumes, with a $100 grand prize. Our Fa-BOO-Lous Emcees are sure to entertain the crowd with their Spooky Fun! Registration starts at 11:30am, contest starts at 12pm. For more information, please call the clinic @ 210-337-1919, or visit @ www.4paws-vet.com. Like us on Facebook @ 4 Paws Howl-o-ween for all the updates.

Dachtoberfest at Retama Race Park (1 Retama Parkway, Selma) from 10AM-5PM. Event to benefit Diamond Dachshund Rescue.

Reading to the Cats & Dogs by the Bulverde Area Humane Society (3563 Kingsnake, Bulverde) from 2-3:30PM. Bring a favorite book or two, and read to their shelter dogs and cats. All ages welcome!

Low Cost Pet Wellness Clinic at the San Antonio Humane Society (4804 Fredericksburg Rd.) from 8AM-12PM. Help your pet stay healthy with preventative low-cost wellness clinics provided by the SanAntonio Humane Society! Services are offered on a first-come, first served basis as time allows. Find pricing and more at SAhumane.org/wellness-clinic.

Low Cost Pet Wellness Clinic at Brooks/Spay Neuter Clinic (8034 City Base Landing) from 9:30-2:30PM. Help your pet stay healthy with preventative low-cost wellness clinics provided by the San Antonio Humane Society! Services are offered on a first-come, first served basis as time allows. Find pricing and more at SAhumane.org/wellness-clinic.

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Q: My dog has been vomiting a lot and acting funny. What are signs he could have been poisoned by something in the back yard?

A: When your dog is vomiting and has a change in behavior, your first and best choice is to take him or her to your veterinarian for an exam. Toxins are just one of many causes for vomition.

Your veterinarian may just do an exam or consider bloodwork and xrays.

You can provide a good history for your veterinarian to include regular medicine that is taken, food type, activity level, etc.

Q: My very Sr. dog keeps falling on his back end. How can I tell if it's arthritis or a neurological problem?

A: When your older dog begins to show signs of weakness in the rear limbs, this can indicate a neurologic disorder versus severe arthritis versus neoplasia and a few other causes.

Your veterinarian will do a thorough exam to include an orthopedic as well as a neurologic exam.

We find some of these dogs have a collapse of the spinal disc putting pressure on the spinal cord, sometimes abdominal cancer, severe hip dysplasia, as well as other orthopedic and neurologic conditions.

Occassionaly an MRI is required to evaluate the spine.

After a diagnosis, you can then discuss a treatment plan and prognosis for recovery.

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WITH DR. KIRBY OF ALAMO HEIGHTS PET CLINIC

Dr. Kirby graduated Cum Laude from Texas A&M. Dr. Kirby treats dogs, cats, birds and exotics. Alamo Heights Pet Clinic: (210) 821-5544. Please email all questions for Dr. Kirby to Dana.texasdogsandcats@gmail.com.

BY MARY PITT

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They All Said I was Crazy for Getting a Pet Door, but Now I Have No Worries!

BY JOHN MOYA

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hen I first started talking about getting a pet door, friends and family all said I was crazy.

“Think of the animals you will be letting in! Think of the thieves that will have easy access to your home. You will not be able to sleep at night knowing that someone could crawl in and do very bad things to you or your family!”

Between 3:30 AM and 5:00 AM, I could count on being licked in the face with the sound of whimpering in the background. Sebastian, my Golden, was telling me something…. he needed to go out! Being woken up from a good dream like this was not the way I wanted to spend the rest of Sebastian’s life. Sebastian was left inside in the nice comforts of my home while I was away at work. At that time, I worked at the airport and the daily commute was 35 minutes to my doorstep. This was before all the traffic lights and development on US 281. Upon arrival from work, he would run me over on his way to relieve himself. At times, I would find out that something did not agree with his stomach. An expensive call to Stanley Steamers usually occurred afterwards.

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I received a phone call at work, “Sebastian ate the carpet—the whole carpet!” I can’t believe that I lived like this for years. I replaced door jambs from him scratching at the door wanting out. I replaced carpet due to his destruction. I have caught him in Kitty’s litter box (Yuck!). I have tried crating him only to give in to his whimpering.

The loss of sleep was the last straw! Something had to be done! installed one of the best (if not the best) pet doors on the market that had dual security features and the maximum energy efficiency of any pet door on the market. Sleeping until I had to wake up for work was the biggest satisfaction that I got from it. Even Kitty got a pet door. Her litter box was moved to an empty closet and the poop eating contest was over for Sebastian. I never got an animal in the house that wasn’t supposed to be there.

I didn’t have to rush home from work to see if there was a gift waiting for me to clean up. A would be thief would also have to think twice prior to entering. Judging from the pet door size, a German Shepard, Pit Bull, or a Rottweiler could be waiting. My friend’s and family’s concerns never occurred.

If these events sound familiar, and you would like to stop the worries and stress over your pets, you may receive free information on the type of pet door that I installed. You may contact us directly at 210-464-8953 or by email at john@alamodogdoors.com. Some of your neighbors may alreadybe satisfied customers and I am sure that they would speak highly of their pet door and our installation services.

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The Helotes Humane Society works tirelessly to care for the many neglected and abandoned animals of their community. Not only do they take in animals in need from Helotes and from near their location in northwest San Antonio, but they also pull vulnerable animals from San Antonio Animal Care Services.

They work with rescue partners across the city and state to save as many animals on euthanasia lists as possible and place them into permanent homes.

This lifesaving mission would not be possible without the support of people in the community who also care about these animals. The cost is high and when an unexpected illness occurs, those costs can soar. In light of this, each year the

Society holds a fundraiser to help them be able to care for the animals and provide needed treatments. This year will be their Second Annual fundraiser called ‘A Night for Rescues’. This year’s theme is Alice in Wonderland. The evening is all about having fun. “We want everyone who comes to our event to leave with a smile on their face,” says Executive Director Janice MacRossin.

The event will feature dinner, drinks, music, prizes throughout the evening, a silent auction, a raffle and a costume contest.

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PET GALAXY'S NEW BUSES

If you live in Stone Oak, Encino or any of the adjacent communities, Pet Galaxy’s new coach bus pickup and delivery service may soon be coming to a bus stop near you, or for an additional fee, directly to your home.The new offering is a subscription service customized for each individual family and canine. The company will pick up your dogs every morning and drop off your happy and satisfied best friend every evening. During the day, the dogs will be provided plenty of play time for exercise with all their canine friends, access to playing various fun enrichment games such as “Use Your Nose to Find the Treat” and retriever games such as having a staff member throw a stick, tennis ball or frisbee. If desired, dogs may even participate in formal obedience training instructed by one of the company’s professional dog trainers.

Even all-important nap-time is scheduled for each dog at strategic times during the day. Each bus can safely transport over 50 dogs (and cats), which means this is a limited offering on a first come, first serve basis, especially targeting families in the Stone Oak and Encino areas.

Pet Galaxy is located about 20 minutes’ drive north of Stone Oak on Hwy 281, and has been offering daycare, lodging, grooming and training services for almost 10 years running.

The facility occupies almost 6 acres in the city of Spring Branch, and is arguably best known for their huge outdoor doggie play yards, and as Lynn Haegeland, Director of Operations, adds “Please don’t forget our fantastic staff, and our service that we work so hard to ensure is second to none.”

Most facilities located in and around the city of San Antonio offer either tiny indoor-only play areas, or in a few cases, a small outdoor play area. However, common for most of these, is that they are usually much too undersized for any real doggie play to materialize. If you have seen one of these facilities, you may have noticed how the dogs mostly stand around looking at each other, and the only break in the monotony is whenever a staff member decides to take a walk around the area. In the latter case, most of the dogs will simply follow the human to see if he or she has any fun ideas.

Pet Galaxy, in contrast, is located in the beautiful Hill Country north of San Antonio. The facility covers almost 6 acres, and provides large outdoor play yards featuring natural ground cover and plenty of oak trees with squirrels and other fun wildlife. The largest of the yards even includes a palm-tree encircled in-ground doggie swimming pool with a 7-foot water fall and a giant oyster with a pearl that spits water. Your furry friends can run, play, swim and just be a dog to their hearts’ desire. A visit would quickly convince you that these are the happiest dogs in San Antonio and beyond, bar none. But don’t simply take our word for it, take a look at some of the videos and many photos on the company’s Facebook page (http://facebook.com/PetGalaxyUSA).

“Many of these canines’ families initially told us that their dogs did not like other dogs, or did not like to play at all.”, Lynn points out. “The reason was that they had previously taken their furry friends to some other facility with much smaller, or virtually non-existent, play yards.

They could not believe their own eyes when we showed them video of their best friends running, swimming and playing uninhibited.”, Lynn affirms with a proud smile.

As all informed dog owners know, it is absolutely essential for canines large and small to get plenty of exercise. Dogs have a vast surplus of energy, referred to by experts as “predatory energy”. This is the energy store originally utilized by the animal in pre-historic times, when dogs had to hunt for their own food just like other predators.

The energy is still there, creating a very strong craving in the animal for running and serious exercise, in most cases much more than a human, even an Olympic runner, can offer. Dogs need other dogs both for socialization and friendship, and for serious play. Otherwise they take out their frustration in some other way; for example, your flowerbeds, your underwear, shoes or furniture.

For more information and to subscribe to the service, call Pet Galaxy at 830-885-5335 or 210-526-9680, check out their website at http://PetGalaxyUSA.com or their Facebook page at http://facebook.com/PetGalaxyUSA.

The Changing of the Seasons, The Reality of Life, and A Letter To You

BY COLEEN ELLIS, PET LOSS CENTER

Fall is on the way, and not the time we had together. It a moment too soon. It really was only a gift. feels like it’s been a long, Second of all thank you for hot summer. all you did for me. I could tell But, possibly it’s more everything you did was for me than just the blasted heat and for us. For that I will be that’s made the summer eternally grateful. My time has feel endless and relentless. come and gone. It was short Just like the changing of the but I came to mark the passages seasons, things, and people, and to spend that time with come and go. It doesn’t you, a particular chapter in matter how long it’s been, YOUR life. And for that there or how old one is, there will was a reason. Only when it’s always be certain smells all done will we know what that elicit emotions. With the reason was for being and fall, the smells are plentiful. the reason was for going.

A whiff of pumpkin spice Right now I ask of you to wafting through the air, honor me, to cry for me, to the aroma of freshly fallen grieve for me, to mourn for me leaves, the smell of a and most of all to remember fireplace, anxious to crank me. It was all real and it was up yet again for the next so beautiful. few seasons, and the sweetWhile I’m sure I’m still an smell of apples. A fabulous ache in your heart as I hope I well-played circus for one’s would be, I also hope when you olfactory senses. remember our time together you The emotions of fall… remember it with a smile and IN HONOR OF HARRY. THANK YOU FOR SHARING THE those smells that signal the SEASONS WITH ME. then let the tears fall because change of seasons. Possibly it was. But at the heart of yet one more reminder that a season is passing with it know how much I loved you and know how much we the presence of the absence of a precious love. Time meant to each other. While I say it was a gift it certainly marches on, whether we like it or not. was the gift of presence that we had in being with each The certainty that it’s a grief journey where life’s walk other. You will forever be mine, and I know I am locked has come. No more daily journeys to create memories, eternally in your heart. as it’s only the memories that remain.

I love you, I thank you, and I will never forget you.

As fall is sure to come, and go, life is the same. We’ve With Love. shared in the beauty of a being, the changes of a season, and the certainty that it was all very, very real. Hold all of those memories, and cherish them. Much like the Coleen Ellis beauty of the seasons.

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